Sunlight Forest = Komorebi No Sato: An Intergenerational Retirement Community
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Research has found that better living environments can improve the lives of older people. Some of the main evidence-based findings show the benefits of social integration, intergenerational interaction, access to nature and the outdoors, and smaller-scale housing with person-centered care.
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Senior LivingAssisted Living
Intergenerational Housing
Architectural design
Older people--Housing
Retirement communities
Aging--Social aspects
Architecture--Health aspects
Architecture--Social aspects
personal care homes
Japan--Kitakyushu-shi
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ArchitectureCollections
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Huang, Hao (2018). Sunlight Forest = Komorebi No Sato: An Intergenerational Retirement Community. Master's thesis, Texas A & M University. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /199225.