The Trend of Support Dwelling for the Aged Parents in rural district from Independence and Support

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The aim of this study was to consider the trend of Support Dwelling for the aged parents in rural district from Independence and Support. Support Dwelling means the residential relationship which the child family selects to support for their aged parents. The findings of this study were as follows. The living together residential relationship is decreasing recently. This relationship means that the aged parents reside with their child family under the same roof. Instead of this relationship, The semi-close residential relationship is increasing. The semi-close residential relationship means that child family takes up their residence at halfway between the work place and the parents house to keeps a balance between the support for the aged parents and the convenience of commuter trip. There are much contact and support for the aged parents by child family in the semi-close residential relationship. The aged parents can live independently because these support by child family. The same trend is found in Western Japan and Eastern Japan.