Contributing social safety and security for elderly-friendly environment (case study of Brayut Tourism Village, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)

Abstract

Social safety and security are vital in everyday life of elderly hood, as its aging process sometimes make them difficult to be independent. The elderly-friendly environment is significant to support their independent daily activities and behaviors. This paper aims to contribute to the concept of a friendly urban environment for elderly people. It explores how elderly people perceive their surrounding social environment, how the social life is conducive enough to motivate their survival to live, and how the physical environment should be set up to contribute social safety and security. The data gathering used depth interviews and behavior setting methods to obtain the elderly's perceptions and inspirat ion. The elderly’s perceptions of the social environment supporting safety and security used JMP 7 software analysis program to get an appropriate formula for setting up friendlier environments. The initial results show that during the aging process, elderly people need prosthetic facilities to care for their continuation of life and to strengthen their motivation to be independent. This intended friendly environment psychologically will imply to their social network

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