Research On Planning Of Urban Apartments For The Elderly In Taiwan

The aging of the population has become a common problem and the test for the whole world,PRC is also facing the challenges of population aging.Because of PRC's big elderly population base and rapid growth,the traditional concept of providing for the aged has changed,a lot of old people hope to spend their declining years in pension apartment.However,the existing pension facilities are difficult to meet the needs of the elderly,the existing pension apartments can't proceed from the old people's perspective.There are many problems,we should learn from the experience from other regions.Taiwan entered the aging society earlier than the China's mainland,continuously exploring and testing in the pension services and pension facilities so that they have accumulated valuable experience.Taiwan and China's mainland have the same ancestral roots,habits of the elderly is relatively close,the pension facilities in Taiwan have certain model significance for the mainland.This article includes the following:Theoretical analysis of the needs of the elderly population.Starting from the characteristics of the elderly population,their behavior habits,combined with the planning and design practice of the senior apartment abroad,combing the fundamental planning principles of the senior apartment that meet with the basic needs of the elderly.Then researching and analyzing the development and the status quo of Taiwan pension apartments,combing the development process of pension apartment in Taiwan,summarizing the relevant norms of Taiwan apartments from facilities,management and supervision,and then is the research about status of pension apartment.Diagnosing the practice of Taiwan Pension apartments.Firstly,analyzing the current life of Taiwan elderly people and analysis about their living needs.Then studying the cases of pension apartments of 5 cities in Taiwan,researching on their location,size,function,space,size and management,then have comparative analysis,summarizing the characteristics of Taiwan pension apartments.Finally,summarizing the civic pension apartment planning strategy,based on the previous chapters to put forward the senior apartment strategies of Taiwan from the planning,space and operation.Then to compare similarities and differences between the civic senior apartments on the both sides of Taiwan Straits,summaries the practical experience of civic pension apartment in Taiwan and the enlightenment to PRC.