노인복지시설의 유니버설디자인 적용 평가 연구 - 남해군 지역시설을 중심으로 -

Abstract

Background As the aged population ratio increases and the countryside is becoming an aging society, the aged population ratio in Namhae-gun also has increased up to 36% or so. In order to reduce the environmental imbalance of welfare facilities used by the increasing elderly people, Namhae-gun established plans to construct a city friendly to the aged and has been carrying out the plans made for years up to 2022 annually. This study can be foundational research adopted when they operate the projects to understand the actual status of senior welfare facilities in Namhae-gun and improve them. Methods As a study method, this researcher visited welfare centers located in Namhae-gun and evaluated them with the universal design guideline for senior facilities developed by Seoul City. As an analysis method, this author classified general welfare centers through basic analysis, space composition analysis, and detailed composition analysis and analyzed the evaluation results with the application of universal design principles, accessibility, support, safety, and pleasantness. Result Let’s consider the findings. Concerning evaluation on the ways of use, either openness to the region or building of open space is evaluated positively in terms of accessibility, support, and safety; however, from the aspects of design, accessibility, support, safety, and pleasantness are all evaluated to be insufficient and need to be better. Conclusion Compared to the capital area, the city is being aged more rapidly; however, the environment of welfare facilities for the aged is, in fact, worse than that in the capital area. To overcome this, administrative efforts are being made restlessly, but the aspects of not only use but design should be considered thoroughly.