DEVELOPMENT OF SEMI-INDOOR GARDENING FACILITIESFOR GOVERNMENT-MANAGED, PRIVATE, AND VOLUNTARIOUS NURSING HOMES IN URBAN AREAS AS A MEANS OF SOCIALIZING WITH FELLOW ELDERLY RESIDENTS

• Main Author: Naomi Lovian, Chrisella
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/82309
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Nursing homes managed by various agencies certainly have different facilities, capabilities, and services from one another. Coming from various backgrounds, living in a nursing home requires the elderly to be able to adapt to their current living environment with other people who are not their family members. Many of the elderly who live in nursing homes tend to be alone more often, feel lonely, and even become depressed even though they are surrounded by people their age and are provided with daily activities. Responding to this problem, there is a need for facilities for the elderly to be entertained while filling their free time in the nursing home which is not only fun but also beneficial for health. Semi-Indoor Garden facilities for the elderly are a solution for Nursing Homes as facilities that are simple and can be accessed at any time without the need for close supervision. Gardening activities, which are both exercise and therapy, also function as a means for the elderly to socialize and accompany each other. The Raised Garden Beds product in this design takes into account the interests and abilities of elderly people in gardening, and from the design requirements, namely, that it can be moved easily (mobile), let elderly people arrange it freely (customizable), includes their gardening equipment by default (storage), and is easy to store when is not used or want to reduce the size (compact), everything is designed to be as simple as possible so that the elderly can have majority control over it.