高齢者の健康とコミュニケーションのための公園に関する一考察健康遊具のある横浜市入船公園の事例

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With the declining birthrate and growing population of the elderly in Japan, the function of the parks in residential districts has been changing from playgrounds for children to places where the elderly exercise and communicate. Equipment intended for the elderly has also been increasing in parks together with equipment for children. The authors observed visitors to Irifune Park in Yokohama, where 15 kinds of health-care equipment are installed, and analyzed how the elderly spent their leisure time there. We also conducted two types of questionnaire surveys asking elderly park-users detailed questions about how they use the park, and especially how they use the health-care equipment. Our observation and the questionnaire surveys revealed the following:1)The elderly come to the park even on hot summer days. About 80 percent of them are men. Almost half of them come every day and they stay there for approximately one hour. Coming to the park is part of their daily schedule.2)Their main purpose for coming to the park is to exercise, and half of them enjoy communicating with others. The ideal park for the elderly is "a large park equipped with all kinds of facilities."3)The elderly want three things from equipment in parks; to be able to exercise, to communicate with others and that it is safe. Ninety percent of the elderly think health-care equipment is necessary. 4)The elderly like health-care equipment which allows them to sit better than types where they must stand because the former can be used with less physical strength. And in most cases they use the equipment solo rather than with others.5)Among the elderly who answered that they do not exercise using the equipments in the park, more than 60 percent answered that they do not use them because they do not understand how to handle them. Considering that the elderly want health, communication and relaxation, Irifune Park possesses elements which should satisfy elderly users: the promenade for walking, health-care equipment for exercise and communication, benches for relaxation and communication, and abundant nature for relaxation. When the equipment is arranged in such a way as to facilitate better communication-arranging them in circles, for example-or when the directions have been made clear enough that everyone can understand how to use the equipment, the park will be an even more attractive and comfortable place for the elderly.
2012-07-01

高齢者の健康とコミュニケーションのための公園に関する一考察健康遊具のある横浜市入船公園の事例

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