Sayaka Hirata

Study on Lifestyle and Removing House of Aged Period:Case Study on Nagaoka City

Shu Higuchi, Bunpei Nakade

As the aged persons can enjoy their life with convenience, the policy of inducing them to the central area is valued. However, there is no study that actually shows the amount of demand and the condition which the aged persons will remove house. Then this study aims to clarify them through the case study in Nagaoka City, and to show the problem to the housing policy in the future.

We find as follows. There are a lot of aged single household in the central area, and there are a lot of households living with their child in the country area. Aged single person households tend to have stronger intention for moving house than the households living with their children. Many aged persons recognize that "Removing house" and " Living in aged people's home" are the quite different one. In order to promote removal, it is necessary that a house rent is affordable and that dwellers are able to keep living even if their health condition get worse. And also it is necessary to improve not only the accommodation unit itself but also the whole central area.