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A Study on Food Service Environments for the Elderly in Community - Focused on Community Senior Lunch Service

  • JOURNAL OF THE KOREA INSTITUTE OF HEALTHCARE ARCHITECTURE
  • Abbr : KIHA
  • 2014, 20(1), pp.57-66
  • Publisher : Korea Institute Of Healthcare Architecture
  • Research Area : Engineering > Architectural Engineering
  • Published : February 28, 2014

오은진 1 Park, Hae-Sun 2

1홍익대학교
2인하공업전문대학

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ABSTRACT

Purpose: Healthy and balanced meal is very important for the elderly to maintain the quality of lifein community. Senior meal delivery system and congregate meal services have been played an importantrole to prevent premature institutionalization of the elderly. Food delivery system and lunchservice spaces for the Korean elderly were mostly focused and limited on low-income family. Thepurpose of this study is to analyze community food services environments for the elderly in the UK,the U.S. and Japan for the possibility of applying those service spaces to Korean community. Methods: Lunch service spaces of these three countries were investigated by literature research andvisiting of venues. Pilot study of the elderly meal services in Seoul was done for comparing environmentsand future research. Results: Lunch service spaces in three countries were mostly communitybased for accessibility and the types of management were various for the elderly to choosethe most suitable services for them. The group dining spaces are usually small and designed to givede-institutional atmosphere. Implications: Food service environments for the elderly in Korea shoulddevelop more community based model of food delivery and congregate meal service spaces as wellas more de-institutionalized design of those spaces.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.