Intellectual and physical development of the elderly: architectural design and their behavioral patterns Kamyabchenari Mehdi*, Mahmoudi Azadeh Department of Engineering, Chaloos Branch, Islamic Azad University, Chaloos, Iran *Corresponding Author
Online published on 6 September, 2014. Abstract Health needs of people in each period of life is a result of social causes. Elderly people are in need of support in the community. The architecture should not only explain, consolidated, and observe the specific principles and standards for this class, but also must be defined spatial pattern peculiar to these people. As an example of these spaces, we can define day care centers, which used as daily residences and a place of leisure for seniors, and not only meet the needs of these people, but make sense of usefulness, increased life expectancy, and will be effective in improvement of the elderly morale. Top Keywords Design, day care center, aging, behavioral pattern, growth, health. Top |