This study examines and analyzes the current state of gardening facilities for residents in 11 senior citizen housing complexes and their understandings, actual gardening behaviors and their effects. The objective is to suggest a direction for the planning of gardening and its spatial composition in senior housing complexes. The study used surveys and interviews and conducted field visits to examine actual gardening facilities. The study produced the following outcomes. 1) Elderly people had high expectations that gardening would bring them 'mental comfort and physical health'. Though they are experiencing mental comfort, direct effects on physical health were not seen.2) The common gardening space provided by the facilities subject to the research, were small in size compared to the number of residents and it was inconvenient since it did not take into consideration the characteristics of the gardening activities.3) Elderly people found that gardening encouraged social interactions with other residents and enriched their daily lives. 4) Residents in senior housing complexes chose places as gardening spaces that are close to their flats, in particular their living rooms and on the same level for easy horizontal access.From the result of this research, it was clear that diverse gardening space should be provided for the residents to choose and freely express their individual characteristics. In addition, instead of providing a dedicated gardening space, a multipurpose area that could also be used for diverse hobbies was more practical.

In this study, the author attempts to elucidate the regional resources of day nurseries from the view point of the outdoor activities.The authors conducted the questionnaire survey to day nurseries in Yokohama City. The results showed that 70% of the authorized day nurseries had the outdoor activities more than once a week, and 84% of the Yokohama day nurseries had them almost every day. To compare with the authorized day nurseries, the Yokohama day nurseries had smaller play ground, and they always use regional resources. Moreover, most of the day nurseries use not only the parks but also the roads to childcare and education place corresponding to the childcare aim.Keywords� �� day nursery, outdoor activity space , outdoor activity for day nursery, regional resource, route, park In this study, the author attempts to elucidate the regional resources of day nurseries from the view point of the outdoor activities.The authors conducted the questionnaire survey to day nurseries in Yokohama City. The results showed that 70% of the authorized day nurseries had the outdoor activities more than once a week, and 84% of the Yokohama day nurseries had them almost every day. To compare with the authorized day nurseries, the Yokohama day nurseries had smaller play ground, and they always use regional resources. Moreover, most of the day nurseries use not only the parks but also the roads to childcare and education place corresponding to the childcare aim. In this study, the author attempts to elucidate the regional resources of day nurseries from the view point of the outdoor activities. Keywords� �� day nursery, outdoor activity space , outdoor activity for day nursery, regional resource, route, parkThe authors conducted the questionnaire survey to day nurseries in Yokohama City. The results showed that 70% of the authorized day nurseries had the outdoor activities more than once a week, and 84% of the Yokohama day nurseries had them almost every day. To compare with the authorized day nurseries, the Yokohama day nurseries had smaller play ground, and they always use regional resources. Moreover, most of the day nurseries use not only the parks but also the roads to childcare and education place corresponding to the childcare aim.Keywords� �� day nursery, outdoor activity space , outdoor activity for day nursery, regional resource, route, park

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Japan is becoming a ‘super‐aging society’ beyond an ‘aged society’. During last decade, considerable political measures on the housing for the elderly have been launched, but the turning point is coming. There are many private detached houses in Japan. In order to upgrade the quality of ordinary houses, ‘guidelines of housing design devised to cope with aged society’ was announced by the ministry. From April 2000, under the Long‐term Care Insurance Law, house adaptation system for the frail elderly was institutionalized and the needs of it have been increasing wider and wider. Most elderly people feel anxious for the future when they need personal care that includes home help services and nursing care. Elderly residents of collective housings want to reserve the service facility in the same building. New types of dwellings have also been developed (such as senior housing, care house, group home) Recently, the old peoples homes began to consider a high value to the comfortable atmosphere as a house. Even the nursing homes are changing into houses that contain small scale homes. Group living is not an institution, but a house that must have a possibility to suit the all categories of elderly people. The scheme will become one of the mainstreams of housing for the elderly as a new type of dwelling.