The Study on the Analysis of the Elderly Welfare Facility and the Improving Direction of It's Design Guidelines

노인복지관 편의시설 실태 분석 및 개선방향 설정에 관한 연구

The goal of this study is to propose the basic design guideline for Elderly welfare facility through the actual state for Elderly welfare facilities. For this, the problems of Elderly welfare facilities and its improved element was drawn through the analysis of the 21 Elderly welfare facilities plans and their conditions of the facilities for Elderly welfare facility, and interview with their user and manager. The results of this study were as follows; at first, in terms of spatial size, secured space for bathroom and corridor is required. Corridor is not only a moving space but also a resting place. Since then, the extra space is necessary. The second, for security for elder's mobility, the material of the floor of the main entrance and bathroom should be the non-slip material. And for the bathroom, it is need for the wheelchair activity space for both in toilet used space and bathroom. Finally, for the external approaching, since many elderly welfare facility users ride the shuttle bus, shuttle boarding area and pedestrian safety road are needed.