A DISCUSSION ON "JOUZA" IN HOUSE OF THE SINGLE ELDERLY : A study on appropriation of places in the house for the elderly-1

紀江, 古賀; 鷹志, 高橋

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“…Koga and Takahashi (1997) interviewed single elderly people living alone and found that they paid attention to the connection between external space and the living space usually occupied by them. Masunaga, et al (2002) found that single elderly persons tended to use one room with the best physical conditions, such as size, lighting, and storage space.…”

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Elderly Chinese Couples' Primary Room Use in Urban Apartments

Zhang

Matsushita

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Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

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This study aimed to clarify room use in the dwelling units of elderly Chinese couples in their daily lives. For this purpose, the authors used Active Radio Frequency Identification technology (Active RFID) to identify the room (Base) in which elderly Chinese couples stay for the longest duration between rising and going to bed. Findings showed that the surveyed couples could be classified into two types: i.) Those who use and share the bedroom as Base, and ii.) Those who use the living room as a shared Base in the evening and tend to use different rooms as Base during the day. Most elderly men stayed in the same Base during the day, while the elderly women used multiple rooms in the morning. The Base obtained by objective observation (Objective Base) and the Base identified by subjects (Subjective Base) were more in accord during the day. This shows that the Base in the mind of the subjects indicated the room where they spent the most time during the day. In summer, they also chose a north-facing or windowless room as Base. Additional interviews revealed that this choice was made because such rooms were cooler.

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“…After data correction 4 , the staying sequence showing when and in which room the subjects were staying could be expressed as illustrated in Fig.5. The following analysis is based on the staying sequence data.…”

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Elderly Chinese Couples' Primary Room Use in Urban Apartments

Zhang

Matsushita

et al. 2010

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

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Environment and Aging in Japan

Verderber

Song²

2005

Environment and Behavior

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Over the past 30 years, environment and behavior research in Japan has paralleled the international growth of the field. Unfortunately, despite noteworthy periodic efforts to cross-culturally bridge language barriers between English- and Japanese-speaking researchers, public policy makers, planning and design practitioners, and students specializing in this subject area, significant communication obstacles persist. In response, a literature review is presented of recent research in Japan on the subject of environment and aging. The review spans a 17-year period (1985-2002). The objective is to enhance international communication, stimulate collaborative work, and foster appreciation of the broad parameters of the dramatic trends in aging occurring globally.

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Change in Lifestyle of Aged Single-Person Households With Housing Unit Renovation of Two Rooms and Kitchen to One Room and Dining Kitchen in Ube City

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大庭²,

佐々木³

2009

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The purpose of this research is to reveal what changes have taken place in the lifestyle of aged single-person households after their dwellings were renovated from 2K to 1DK. The changes indicate that 80% of the dwellers chose to have their meals in the DK room and sleep in the traditional Japanese-style 6 mat tatami room (about 9.96 m 2). Due to preferences developed over a long lifetime , and due to the DK room's usually being small, many single living elders use tables only without accompanying chairs in the DK in their daily lives. On the other hand, 20% of the single living elders mainly live in the Japanese-style room without using the DK room at all. The research also shows that the single elderly people disposed of part of the furniture possessed by the family when they moved to the renovated house. The single elders who spend their daily lives mainly in one room tend to place a lot furniture in the other room. This is a remarkable feature witnessed in the survey.

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A DISCUSSION ON "JOUZA" IN HOUSE OF THE SINGLE ELDERLY : A study on appropriation of places in the house for the elderly-1

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Elderly Chinese Couples' Primary Room Use in Urban Apartments

Elderly Chinese Couples' Primary Room Use in Urban Apartments

Environment and Aging in Japan

Change in Lifestyle of Aged Single-Person Households With Housing Unit Renovation of Two Rooms and Kitchen to One Room and Dining Kitchen in Ube City

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