ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Aging and Public Health
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1540058
This article is part of the Research TopicAutomation and Robotics in the Built Environment - Design, Manufacturing, Construction, and MaintenanceView all 4 articles
Nursing home design standards and regulations revisions based on smart care buildings in a aging population context
Provisionally accepted
- 1Division of Environmental Design, Graduate School of Natural Science & Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
- 2Joint International Laboratory of Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development (FZUKU-LAB SPSD), Fuzhou, China
- 3Department of Geosocial Fundamental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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In this study, based on the use of smart devices in nursing home, recommendations are made for optimizing existing regulations and standards in Japan. Japan's housing standards and legal regulations for elderly in the context of aging are reviewed firstly, existing regulations and standards are summarized to meet the demands of elderly housing; the selection of smart medical devices that will effectively be introduced will be based on the demands of elderly housing. The smart medical devices proposed in this study can be integrated with Japan's elderly housing model to enhance the content of existing regulations. Ultimately, a method and a list of improvements to current regulations based on the use of smart devices is proposed. With improved of the regulations, it is possible to eliminate the problem of shortage of personnel in nursing homes, improve work efficiency, and promote cooperation between facilities and care staffs.
Keywords: Smart device, Elderly care facilities, Smart care, Regulatory, Demand analysis
Received: 05 Dec 2024; Accepted: 17 Sep 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Teng, SHEN, Zhang, Ueno and Murata. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Zhenjiang SHEN, shenzhe@se.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
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