Keywords
Medical and nursing integration
Senior care institutions
Aging-friendly design
Chongqing
Submitted : 2025-03-04
Accepted : 2025-03-19
Published : 2025-04-03
Abstract
With the aggravation of population aging, healthcare-integrated senior living facilities are also increasingly popular. As a region with a high degree of aging, Chongqing, how its senior care institutions combine smart technology with senior care services, empower the senior care industry with science and technology, and create a new model of smart medical care is of great significance for achieving healthy and happy aging of the elderly. This paper takes Chongqing medical and nursing integration senior living institutions as the research object, analyses the status quo and demand of its indoor space aging and intelligent design, and explores how digital technology empowers its aging design from the three aspects of spatial interaction, spatial guidance system, and barrier-free design, to improve the quality of life of the elderly and the service efficiency of senior living institutions, and help the intelligent development of Chongqing’s senior living industry.
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