• 한국실내디자인학회논문집
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2008

In Korea, multi-functional senior residential complexes have become very popular since the end of 1990 by integrating the functions of nursing homes and health care facilities, so that the elderly can maintain their regular healthy life and receive health care when needed depending on their aging stage. Accordingly, it is increasingly important to conduct research on such multi-functional residential facilities. In this study, 6 cases of Korean senior residential complexes and 6 cases of comparable Japanese facilities, which were built earlier than Korea, are compared, and the following results are derived from the comparison. 1. In terms of the shared space, the parallel type and the unified type are found to share more space among complex types. Especially, the low-story concentration type and the eccentric type are found to share space the most. 2. In Korea, an average shared rate is found to be 46.8%; and the rates of a supplied-space, a common-shared-space, and a maintenance-space are found to be 29.73%, 36.33%, and 32.93%, respectively. In Japan's case, an average shared space is found to be 22.31%; and the corresponding rates for the above 3 spaces.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.23-41
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to explore social supports for elderly housing and their residential lives in small cities along rural counties of the United States and Canada, and suggest future implications for age-concentrated rural villages in Korea. In this study, five small and medium cities in non-metropolitan counties of California and Ontario province were visited and elderly residents and service experts were interviewed about their perceptions of community integrated social support networks for senior residences. The senior housing complexes were built due to influx of both metropolitan and rural residents seeking warm localities, traffic connections, business purposes in active production areas. and leisure attractions. There are five main social support networks for senior housing issues in these areas. First, the areas are claimed for senior zones and accordingly health industries are encouraged by local authorities. Second, the community is homogeneously constructed as a senior friendly environment and include features such as an RV park and mobile cottages. Third, senior-helping seniors are offered active work through golf-cluster active retirement communities. Fourth, traditional theme production camps are mobilized by the elderly workers. Lastly, an information system is maintained for screening volunteers and for senior abuse prevention. On the other hand, residential lives are occasionally negatively influenced by unbalanced concentrations of elderly facilities such as nursing stations and funeral homes. For the future of Korean rural elderly policies, suggestions are made as follows: first, an integrated urban and rural township that contains attractive places for early retiring people who seek a warm atmosphere in later life needs to be constructed. Second, an integrated model retirement village of urban and rural retirement life needs to be initiated as a measure of evaluating the adaptation process of movers in senior concentrated zones. Third, a cooperation system among governmental ministries needs to be formed with the long- term goal of establishing a traditional rural town of independent housing districts and medical facilities in rural areas. Fourth, productive and active lifestyles need to be maintained as the local community and government develop successful retirement rural villages, by limiting the expansion of nursing related facilities. Finally, generation integrated visiting welfare programs and services need to be further developed for the housing areas especially in the winter, when social integration and activity are relatively low.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.279-288
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• 2018

최근 우리나라에서 급속도로 증가하고 있는 노년층은, 과거와 달리 '액티브 시니어'로 불린다. 액티브 시니어는 높은 거주 비용에도 불구하고 도심의 실버타운에 거주하는 것을 선호하며 그들만의 새로운 도시콘텐츠를 만들어 간다. 액티브 시니어의 생활특성을 반영한 새로운 도시 콘텐츠는 그들의 거주지 선택에도 중요한 영향을 미친다. 본 연구에서는 액티브 시니어의 도시생활 콘텐츠를 바탕으로 액티브 시니어의 주요 거주지로 선호되는 도시형 실버타운의 입지 특성을 파악하는 데 목적을 두고 있다. 액티브 시니어의 도시생활 콘텐츠를 고려한 도시형 실버타운 입지 특성으로는 1) 대중교통, 2) 주변간선도로, 3) 문화 쇼핑시설, 4) 의료시설, 5) 아파트 단지, 6) 자연적 환경으로 구분할 수 있다. 특히 자연적 환경보다는 주변의 의료시설 및 아파트 단지 및 문화 쇼핑 시설이 도시형 실버타운의 주요한 입지 특성으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 액티브 시니어의 새로운 도시 콘텐츠인 도심 실버타운의 입지선정뿐만 아니라 고령자 주택 관련 정책에도 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다.