Research On Construction And Development Of Apartments For The Elderly

Population aging is the result of humanity's greatest progress. It is also one of our greatest challenges. With us entering the 21^st century, global aging will put demands of increasing economic and social in all countries. The active aging idea, which is offered by the Second U.N World Assembly on Aging, provides a framework for the development of global strategies on population aging. The changes of physiological and psychological will be taken, as the man is getting old. As a weak group, the present living situation of old urban inhabitants is to be concerned by all the government ,society, builders and investors.During the course of the continuous increasing the age's population, the patterns are also changing. At present there are three patterns: provided by family, by society and by the aged themselves. In practice, the patterns are often compound: provided by family and the aged themselves, by family and society, etc. With the development of society and unceasing socialization of the patterns, the traditional pattern, provided by family, which is dominant now, is weakened increasingly. But because of the characteristics such as the large absolute number of the age's population, the high speed of population aging and population aging exceeding the level of economic development, the main patterns will be still provided by the aged themselves and by family in the long time period from now on. With population aging continuing, social economy developing at top speed and patterns evolving in society, a new kind of residence--Apartments for elderly emerges as the time demands. In our country, apartments for the elderly were bom in the 1980s, and the study on it began much later. Apartments for the elderly are suitable for various kinds of pattern as well as meeting the increasing needs of society, so it will open great vista.After analyzing the state of development to the domestic and international apartments for elderly people, the author of the article discusses domestic apartments for the elderly capital construction and use, affirms the achievements, analyzes the main problem presented in apartments for the elderly, raises the relevant solution, finally sums up the construction of apartments for the elderly and gives out some innovative. With further study on apartment for the elderly and gradual standardization of construction of apartments for the elderly, it will surely be loved by the old.