Study on the Community Facility Adjacent to the Small-Scale Multi-functional Care Facility for Elderly People in Omuta City

Nakashima, Mitoko

doi:10.1109/icbake.2013.42

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“…Furthermore, culture was claimed to be an essential prerequisite for communities where senior citizens live (To and Chong, 2017). With specific facilities as examples, the actual use of multifunctional long-term care services and architectural spaces, and the roles of community facilities adjacent to small-scale multifunctional care facilities for senior citizens were identified (Kim et al, 2016;Nakashima, 2013). The relationship between the spatial compositions of smallscale care multifunctional facilities and how senior citizens spend their time in such facilities were investigated (Imura et al, 2008).…”

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Senior citizens’ requirements of services provided by community-based care facilities: a China study

Xiang

Tan

et al. 2019

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Purpose This study aims to identify senior citizens’ requirements related to “embedded retirement facilities (ERFs)”, which are small-scale, multi-functional and community-based care facilities for senior citizens in mainland China, and to discuss whether senior citizens’ perceptions are influenced by their backgrounds. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire type of research was administrated to gain senior citizens’ rankings of services that should be provided by ERFs. Non-parametric statistical models were applied to analyse the collected data. Findings Results reveal that health care services for senior citizens are considered the most important. Requirements regarding rehabilitation and entertainment and daily life assistance are ranked second and third, respectively. Culture-related activities are the least important. Differences in the senior citizens’ background also influence their choices. Research limitations/implications This research is based on a questionnaire survey completed in northeast China. Opinions from other areas of mainland China will be collected in the future study. Furthermore, the key items identified in this research, which was completed by participants from the built environment discipline, can be further elaborated by combining interdisciplinary feedback. Practical implications This study explores services that are supposedly provided by ERFs. Findings will provide useful perceptions from senior citizens and will enable decision makers to prioritise services for senior citizens. Social implications Although senior citizens are the end users of ERFs, their needs are easily overlooked. This study calls attention to their needs from ERFs, and the results are likely to serve as references for stakeholders in building improved facilities. Originality/value ERFs have been provided in mainland China to cater to senior citizens’ needs since 2014. However, few studies have identified senior citizens’ requirements for provided services. The survey-based results of this work will serve as references for various stakeholders in making enhanced decisions.

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