一般型と小規模型の高齢者通所施設における併用利用者の「かかわり方」の比較考察

Abstract

One of significances of day care centers for the elderly is thought to be as a place for social interactions among users. However,there was not an arguement from that point. The purpose of this study is to discuss on relations between extents of centers and users' social behaviors. 6 comparative case studies of each individual at a mini day care center and a day care center, were carried out. The conclusions are as follows. 1. In some cases, there could be seen phenomenonal differences between 'way of social behaviors' at mini day care centers and that at day care centers. 2. By examinations of their 'attitudes' toward centers, the differences could be thought not as effects from environments, but as results of their mutual adaptations to 'situations'. 3. 'Identical way of social behaviors' means putting together their own 'attitudes' and 'ways of social behaviors'. 4. We should not give a conclusion whether mini day care centers or day care centers are proper from the point of social interactions. Rather the most important point is that to produce 'situations' where each user can behave in identical way in each center.