Housing Projects for Comfortable and Independent Life of Aged People. A Report Concerning Housing with Services for Aged People / 日本農村医学会雑誌

In Japan, the number of people 65 and over is increasing while the number of children is decreasing. A greater number of senior citizens live by themselves or husband and wife alone than before.<BR>To realize comfortable and independent life for aged people, it is important to prepare housing and environment which have special services for them.<BR>We would like to explain two housing projects which were planned and are being put into execution in Japan. One is ‘Silver Housing’ multiunit dwellings for the aged built by the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Health and Welfare since 1987. The other is ‘Silver Peer’ project which has been pushed forward by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government since 1987.