A Survey on the Characteristics of Living Environment on Nursing Homes for the Elderly in Korea

한국 노인요양시설 거주환경의 특성에 대한 연구

  • 변혜령 (연세대학교 밀레니엄환경디자인연구소) ;
  • 김대년 (서원대학교 건축학과) ;
  • 윤영선 (극동정보대학 인테리어디자인학과) ;
  • 문재호 (세명대학교 산업디자인학과) ;
  • 김선태 (일본 국립보건의료과학원) ;
  • 정미렴 (연세대학교 건축공학과 대학원)
  • Published : 2006.11.11

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the characteristic of living environment on nursing homes and to examine the current status and problems of the nursing homes by looking into the differences in the spatial uniqueness of living environment in relation to the characteristics of the nursing home. This study utilized a mail survey during July 29 - August 31, 2006 that included a structured questionnaire. The questionnaire largely dealt with the general feature of the facility and the elderly who live there, and the spatial feature of the facility. The study limited its survey to those facilities that were registered to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, which opened after 1995 and that had the capacity of more than 30 people. As a result, the questionnaire was sent to the directors of 344 facilities who were in charge of the nursing home operation and planning. 182 facilities returned the questionnaire and the study used'182 questionnaires for data analysis. The study used the SPSS 12 program to draws the frequency, percentage of the answers and utilized the cross-tab, t-test, ANOVA to analyze the differences.

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