Research on Community Day Care Centers for the Elderly in China

Background and Aim: This study focuses on the design of community daycare centers for the elderly, which is an essential aspect of supporting seniors within the community. This study aims to provide an appropriate emotional and visual design for elderly daycare environments in daycare centers, examining the mediating function of safety in the impact of the environment on the facilities of elderly daycare centers in China. Materials and Methods: This study used qualitative and quantitative research methodologies to examine the design and implementation of community daycare facilities for the elderly. The data analysis was performed via a literature study, field observations, expert interviews, and questionnaires. The results underscore the need to include user satisfaction and specialized research methodologies in the design of aged care facilities. Materials and Methods: Research methods refer to the methods and means that are mainly adopted and used in the research process. The research adopted mixed research methods, including qualitative and quantitative methods. Through the qualitative research method, the paper studied the community daycare center for the elderly design and its related data, and on this basis, the data analysis was carried out. Through quantitative research methods, the satisfaction of experts and elders with the application of daycare community design was analyzed. The research adopted the methods of literature research, field observation, expert interviews, and questionnaire surveys. Results: The main results show that safe and comfortable for the elderly in the community daycare center. Improvement of the elderly daycare community center design, including interior design, design concept, interior design evaluation, application of safe and comfortable design style, design evaluation, etc. The results of the expert evaluation show that their overall satisfaction with the elderly daycare community center design with interior equipment is at the highest level. Conclusion: This research explores in depth the design elements of safety and comfort in the elderly daycare community, and in combination with modern design methods, a series of different room layouts were designed, making a positive contribution to the safety, comfort, and development of elderly daycare community design in China. Nevertheless, the results collected from different methods on spatial areas and design elements are very similar.