Determining the design criterions of elderly houses belong to physiological, psychological and socio-economic requirements of 65 years old and over users', and examining in the central rest home of Diyarbakır

IV SUMMARY Aging is a natural period of life process. In this period of life, some changes occur in physiological, psychological and socio-economic requirements. The elderly houses for old people should be designed by taking these changes into consideration. The problems of case study, are determined by examining the design criterions of elderly houses belong to physiological, psychological and socio-economic requirements of 65 years old and over users'. The study, aimed to remove these problems consists of eighth chapters. In the first chapter, the problems of the study were determined by explaining the aim and the importance of the study. In the second chapter, the foreign and native studies about aging and elderly houses that were done before were researched. In the third chapter, the knowledge about aging that was taken from literature was explained and demographic development of elderlys' was examined. Elderly users' physiological, psychological, socio-economic requirements and the problems that depend on these requirements were researched. In the fourth chapter, elderly house concepts were explained and their design criterions were researched. hi the fifth chapter, the method of the study was explained. In the sixth chapter, working areas were introduced and questionnaires were evaluated. In the seventh chapter, the findings that were obtained from the evaluations were explained. These findings were examined in the Central Rest Home of Diyarbakır where its construction is continued.V In the eighth chapter, the results of the study were determined. Some suggestions for future researches were also offered. Key Words: Aging, Elderly Houses, User Requirement, Design Criterion