| With the deepening of population aging,the construction of senior living community has made substantial progress,leading to a growing necessity of constructing a livable environment that is good for health of elders.Nevertheless,a majority of landscape design and facilities,because of a series of problems,cannot satisfy elders’physiological and spiritual needs.Therefore,how to improve elders’ level of the health and well-being has become a social issue of general concern.The landscape design which can exert a positive influence on users both physically and mentally is known as "healthy landscape".It plays a positive role in promoting the physical and mental health of people.In this paper,the focus is on how to build a healthy landscape for elders in the senior living community.Thereby,to study the healthy landscape design can positively alleviate social pressure and promote social harmony.First of all,this paper proceeds from population aging and related research findings of the senior living community landscape to explore the status,existing problems,and improvement necessity of the senior living community landscape design.After that,living characteristics and space use needs of elders are examined,and theories and design practices related to healthy landscape are summarized at an attempt to provide general implications for landscape design of modern senior living communities.The author tentatively proposes strategies for healthy landscape design,aiming at providing some scientific,reasonable and health-promoting suggestions for the construction of elders’living environment. |
