Environment Design of Community Suitable for Elderly Living

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Home care is the elderly to continue living in the ordinary residential. The safe communities for elderly concept was proposed and formally developed, which was defined as a community that has established a set of organizational structures and procedures, this paper discuss the environment design methods of community suitable for elderly living including building design.

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