高齢者の住宅における居住環境バリアフリー化の年齢層別評価  [in Japanese] EVALUATION OF THE RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT BY THE ELDERLY FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF BARRIER-FREE DESIGN : COMPARISON BETWEEN AGE-STAGES  [in Japanese]

The purpose of this study is to clarify the evaluation of residential building for elderly from the viewpoint of barrier-free environment. There are two aspects in barrier-free design. They are sensory and physical aspects. We conducted the questionnaire survey to the elderly and middle-age subjects. We examined to compare the importance and satisfaction rating of environmental factors in 4 groups classified according to age stages (young-middle; under 54years old, middle; 55-64years old, young-old; 65-74 years old, old-old; over 75 years old) The satisfaction of physical barrier-free and thermal environment are lower in old-old than young -old subjects. This result suggest that it is necessary to research from the viewpoint of sensory barrier-free environment.