由於世界的人口結構開始邁入高齡化的過程，「高齡者」儼然成為全球最迫切且重要的議題。由老化現象、安養趨勢、高齡者生活現況與步行環境意涵等相關文獻得知，當人逐漸年邁時進入高齡時期，在地老化(Aging in Place)為多數高齡者理想的老年生活安養方式，故社區環境的優劣，關係高齡者晚年生活品質；高齡者隨年齡增長，身心機能逐漸衰退，自我生活領域逐漸限制縮小，強化社區實質環境對高齡者的活動支持性是相當重要的，以減緩老化過程中所受之生理、心理與社會的無形壓力。而公園為高齡者最主要的活動場域，在諸多的文獻回顧顯示，自然環境對健康具有顯著的關係，而因老化而逐漸失能的高齡者對於公園的療癒環境(Restoration Environment)刺激應也能帶來正向健康效果，瞭解適宜高齡者活動的公園療癒環境特性，並提出對應的環境設計建議，對高齡者晚年的健康程度極為重要。
本研究目的在探討療癒環境規劃對高齡者成功老化之影響，以台南市5個公園作為研究範圍，並依各鄰里人口數做分層配額抽樣，經問卷調查瞭解高齡者對療癒環境之感受及其成功老化之情形，共回收476份有效問卷。資料分析方式為：項目分析、因素分析、多元迴歸分析、典型相關、獨立樣本T檢定，及單因子變異數等分析方法。
研究結果顯示，療癒環境規劃特性分為三個因子：「活動機會規劃」、「隱私及社交空間規畫」、「自然正向刺激規畫」。成功老化分為：「社會支持及身體健康」，以及「心理健康積極面」、「心理健康消極面」、「生理健康消極面」。療癒環境規劃特性三個因子與成功老化老化四項因子彼此之間有顯著的關係，首重於活動機會規劃對成功老化化程度、身體健康、心理健康與社會支持將具有顯著的影響，其次為自然正向刺激規畫、隱私及社交空間規畫。

As population structure is changing, “Elder” is becoming the most important topic globally. From the documentaries of aging, nursing trend, the walkability environment and the situation for elders, “aging in place” is the most ideal way to enjoy life in retirement when getting old. Thus, the environment in community affects the quality of their old age life. As getting older and older, elders are getting weaker physically and mentally which leads having limited joyful life. To alleviate the pressure on elder physically and mentally while getting old, it is important to reinforce the environment in community and the support for elder’s activities.

Many studies revealed that exposed to nature can enhance the health of people. Neighborhood parks is the main area for elders’ activities and the most accessible areas of the natural environment. Documentary shows the Restoration Environment does great influence on Patient’ health.It is extremely important to study the Restoration Environment factors for elders and propose the ideal way on the design in environment.

This study aims to find out how the factors of Restoration Environment effect elders’ successful aging. This study takes the 5 parks as the study area getting stratified sampling according to the population in each park. By questionnaires on how elders feel about the Restoration Environment and the successful aging circumstances, total 476 effective questionnaires collected. The analyze methods are item analysis, factor analysis, multiple regression analysis, canonical correlation analysis, t-test, and one way ANOVA.

The result shows that there are three factors for Restoration Environment: ‘Physical movement and exercise’, ‘Social support’, ‘Access to nature distractions’. Four factors for successful aging are ‘health negativity’, ‘mentally negativity’, ‘public support and health ’, and ‘mentally positivity’.

It has great correlation between the three factors of Restoration Environment and the four factors of successful aging. The very most effective is the physical movement and exercise which does great influence on the scale of successful aging, health, mind, and social support.

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