The Academic Events Group, 3rd WORLD CONFERENCE on DESIGN, ARTS AND EDUCATION

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AN INVESTIGATION ON IMPROVING THE LIFE QUALITY OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN DESIGN OF AN INTERIOR PLACE”
Mehmet Vefa Han, Yüksel ESEN

Last modified: 2014-04-09

Abstract


Physical,psychological and social relations decrease with the aging of the human andlife quality of the persons also declines significantly. Although at theaverage human lifespan increase, the studies in the health field could notprevent the aging process. Many diseases associated with aging has broughtobligation to live together to elderly people for long time.Nursing homes havebeen seen as isolated from society by the elderly people. This increase ofelderly individuals psychological problems are pushed out of social life them. Likeany individual, elderly person also deserve to live in a comfortable, a suitablecondition, safe and healthy environment.The main aim of this study is to identify designdifficulties in interior of structure for elderly people.   In this research studied in the survey shape, obtainedaims are as follows; The determination of physical decline because ofaging The determination of difficulties because of structuredesign  The determination of difficulties because of furnitureand other items The determination of difficulties because of theplacement of goods.

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