This study aims to assess the global indices of age-friendly city in Tehran, which have been developed by World Health Organization. Finally, the design solutions carried out based on the successful works in other countries will be presented for city of Tehran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In the present study, World Health Organization's standard questionnaire was duplicated in 110 copies and given to urban designers and planners, rehabilitation specialists, doctors, nurses, and other aging-related professionals and experts. Then, the resulting data were imported into SPSS22 software and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. FINDINGS: The results indicated that, among 8 indices of age-friendly city including open spaces and buildings, transportation, housing, social participation, respect and social inclusion of the elderly, citizen participation and employment of the elderly, communication and information facilities, as well as health and local services, transportation factor had a more favorable condition in Tehran for the elderly and citizen participation and employment index was very inappropriate for them. CONCLUSION: It can be said that urban designers and researchers should deal with the planning of housing and buildings' open spaces in a more detailed manner in their future works and pursue more accurate plans and programs in this regard. This study aims to only evaluate the mentioned issue, and special and detailed research is expected to be conducted on these two subjects in the future. S t r e s z c z e n i e CEL: Celem badania jest dokonanie oceny globalnych wskaźników w Teheranie jako miasta przyjaznego starzeniu, które zostały opracowane przez Światową Organizację Zdrowia. Rozwiązania projektowe realizowane na podstawie udanych prac w innych krajach zostaną przedstawione dla miasta Teheran. MATERIAŁ I METODY: W niniejszym badaniu, został przedstawiony w 110 egzemplarzach standardowy kwestionariusz Światowej Organizacji Zdrowia projektantom, planistom miejskim, rehabilitantom, lekarzom, pielęgniarkom oraz innym specjalistom i ekspertom związanym ze starzeniem się społeczeństwa. Uzyskane dane następnie były importowane do oprogramowania SPSS22 oraz analizowane za pomocą opisowych i statystycznych danych. OSIĄGNIĘCIA: Wyniki porównania wśród 8 kryteriów oceny miasta przyjaznego starzeniu w tym: otwartych przestrzeni i budynków, transportu, budownictwa mieszkaniowego, partycypacji społecznej, integracji społecznej osób starszych, udziału w zatrudnianiu osób starszych, komunikacyjnych i informatycznych udogodnień, jak również zakresu lokalnej opieki zdrowotnej, wykazują, że czynnik transportu z udziałem obywateli w podeszłym wieku był najkorzystniejszy w Teheranie a wskaźnik zatrudnienia był bardzo nieodpowiedni dla nich. WNIOSEK: Można powiedzieć, że projektanci i naukowcy powinni w przyszłości zajmować się planowaniem budynków i otwartej przestrzeni w sposób bardziej szczegółowy korzystając z bardziej dokładnych planów i programów w tym zakresie. Badanie to ma na celu jedynie ocenić wspomni...

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ObjectivesThe present study investigated the relationship between physical factors affecting the motivation for life among older people in nursing homes. The research may present some solutions for nursing homes to improve the morale of residents in terms of spaces' designs. Methods & Materials A total of 150 researcher-made questionnaires were non-randomly distributed following quota sampling among older people, nurses and administrative staff in the private nursing homes in Shemiranat, Tehran Province, Iran. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS. Moreover, exploratory factor analysis was used to detect and name the factors that increase motivation for life in older people. Additionally, the correlation between the factors was examined using Pearson's correlation coefficient. This was a descriptive analytical study and the required data were collected through documentation and field survey. Results The relationship between personal peace and education as well as encouragement with a correlation coefficient of 0.48, was the strongest finding. The next strong correlation was observed between personal peace and environmental comfort with a correlation coefficient of 0.39. A correlation coefficient of 0.33 was also detected between personal peace and the sense of ownership. Conclusion Special design directly increased motivation for life in the studied older people; the effect of the physical environment cannot be separated from psychological aspects in this group. Objectiveshe purpose of this study was to present a 5-factor model of life motivation for aged people in a physical environment and examine the correlations between its 5 factors. These factors can interact with each T other; however, each can be separately measured and their impact on the motivation of elderly's lives can be examined independently.This study also investigated related design and spatial factors to provide solutions for increasing this group's motivation for life; then, we evaluated the correlations between these factors. Eventually, some strategies were presented for the architectural design of nursing

The purpose of this research is to find design variables effective on education integration with physical spaces of nursing homes in association with life expectancy of older people. Delphi technique was used to obtain the design variables by which the education integration with physical spaces of nursing homes can be achieved. Subsequently, in order to investigate the modifying effect of education integrated physical space on life expectancy of the elderly, questionnaires were sent to 50 local researchers and experts in the field of ageing. Results showed a significant and positive correlation between education integrated physical space and life expectancy indicators (p < .05). The results suggest that as per expert opinions, designing a physical space integrated with education could increase the life expectancy of older people. K E Y W O R D S design framework, education integrated, life expectancy, nursing homes, physical environment | 513 ZARGHAMI et Al.research. Second, the potential variables, which can facilitate education, were studied from the architectural perspective.According to research conducted by (Fleck et al., 1999), physical, psychological, social relationships, and environment can affect life expectancy of older people by increasing the quality of their lives. Unfortunately, the older people in today's nursing homes, suf-