Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture (의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집)
- Volume 12 Issue 1
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- Pages.17-26
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- 2006
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- 2733-8649(pISSN)
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- 2733-8657(eISSN)
A Study on the Functional Change of Elderly Care Facilities according to Introduction of Long-Term Care Insurance in Japan
일본 개호보험 도입에 따른 장기요양보호시설의 변화에 관한 연구
Abstract
The demand for long-term care is continuously on the rise as number of elders among the population increases. Due to the rapid growing demand for long-term care in Korea, there have been discussions for the introduction of new long-term care system into Korean society. The purpose of this study in to analyze changes of elderly care facilities in Japan after the beginning of long-term care system in 2000. The functional and architectural changes of Japanese facilities were researched to be used as references for predicting changes in Korean facilities. In Japan, after the execution of long term care system, the alterative aspect of facilities is divided into some categories; in sum, the change of environment for long term care, the effort to spread specialized facilities in a whole community, and the tendency to complex a variety of function of facilities such as an facility for home care service, and the like.
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