Indoor Environmental Quality in Residential Care Facilities: A Scoping Review with Design Focus

Year 2023, Volume: 8 Issue: 1 - JASA_2023, 8(1), 123 - 145, 31.07.2023

Arzu Cılasun Kunduracı , Selin Karagözler , Zeynep Sevinç Karcı

https://doi.org/10.30785/mbud.1223526

Abstract

Elderly adults experience physical and cognitive deterioration, which makes them more dependent on others for their daily needs. It is not always possible to provide adequate care in their own homes, emphasizing the crucial need for qualified residential care facilities (RCFs). Given that elderly spend most of their time indoors, it's crucial to provide a good indoor environment quality (IEQ) at RCF. Using the PRISMA scoping review approach, this study seeks to review the body of knowledge about IEQ elements of RCFs. A keyword search yielded 1044 possible papers; however, after removing irrelevant articles and duplications, only 94 papers remained to be reviewed. A snowball search was used to add 32 papers, and finally 126 papers were included in this paper.

Keywords

Design for elderly, elderly care, indoor environmental comfort, indoor environmental quality, residential care facility

Supporting Institution

TUBITAK

Project Number

1002 - Research No: 220K287

Thanks

This research was supported by TUBITAK under Grant 1002 (Research No: 220K287) and their contributions are gratefully acknowledged. The article complies with national and international research and publication ethics. Ethics Committee approval was not required for the study.

Kurumsal Yaşlı Bakım Alanlarında İç Mekân Çevre Kalitesi: Tasarım Odaklı Araştırma Makalesi

Abstract

Yaşlı bireylerin fiziksel ve bilişsel işlevlerinin azalması, yaşamlarını başkalarına bağımlı olarak sürdürmeye neden olmaktadır. Bireylerin evlerinde sürekli bakım sağlamaya uygun koşullar bulunmadığında yaşlı kurumsal bakım alanların acil ihtiyacı karşılamaktadır. Yaşlı bireyler zamanlarının çoğunu iç mekanlarda geçirdikleri için, tesislerin yeterli iç ortam kalitesini sağlaması hayati önem taşır. Bu makalede, tesislerin iç mekân çevre kalitesi ile ilgili var olan literatürün incelenmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Makalede PRISMA kapsam belirleme yaklaşımı benimsenmiştir. Belirlenen anahtar kelimeler ile yapılan arama sonucunda 1044 potansiyel makale tespit edilmiştir, ancak kapsam dışı makaleler ve tekrarlar elendikten sonra geriye analiz edilecek 94 makale kalmıştır. Kartopu yöntemi ile 32 adet makale eklenmiş olup, toplamda 126 adet makale araştırmaya dahil edilmiştir. Elde edilen sonuclara göre; gürültü kontrolü için izolasyon uygulanması ve bölgeleme yapılmasının, günışığı kullanımını arttırırken, kamaşmaya karşı kolay kullanımlı kontrol seçeneklerinin tercih edilmesinin, doğal havalandırmanın etkin şekilde kullanımına ek olarak kullanıcıların kolay kontrol edebileceği HVAC sistemlerinin kullanımının kurumsal yaşlı bakım alanlarında iç mekân çevre kalitesinin iyileştirilmesine katkıda bulunduğunu göstermektedir.

Keywords

Yaşlılar için tasarım, yaşlı bakım, iç mekân çevre konforu, iç mekân çevre kalitesi, yaşlı kurumsal bakım alanları

Project Number

1002 - Research No: 220K287

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