The Universal Design Study Of Elderly Residential Environment

With the development of recent socio-economic conditions, population aging has alreadyemerged as a significant issue that cannot be ignored. By the year2030, China’s elderlypopulation will surpass that of Japan, becoming the country with the largest elderly population,and by the year2050the country will enter an advanced stage. Furthermore, the emergence of alarge-scale population and a fast rate of development that is surpassing current modernizationdemonstrate these characteristics. Thus in relation to investigating the question of an agingpopulation’s social endowment insurance system, researching the living circumstances of theelderly using the universal design research method and to solving the question of these livingconditions, are all significant in showing care for the elderly, and furthermore help promote theestablishment of a social security system that helps ensure a harmonious societal development,while in reality are all of significant importance for the greater majority.In connection to the trend of an aging population, the merits and drawbacks of the currentlyexisting elderly living environment design raises the issue of elderly living conditions and theuniversal design method, as well as raises the necessity of researching design methods in regardsto these aspects. This text will begin by focusing on the older population’s point of view byconsidering their psychology and physiology, and behavior in relations the requirements of theenvironment. Secondly, this text will focus on universal design’s “in the service of everyone”design concept and summarize a suitable elderly residence environment plan. Next, this text willdiscuss methods of separating the elderly into living spaces, aspects of transportation spaceutilization, public service space, outdoor exercise space, and public facilities in aiding them.Finally, by adopting Wuxi city’s fascinating and healthy residency plan for advancing universaldesign, this text will raise new methods and suggestions in improving such mentioned topics andaspects.