The Acoustic Environment of Care Homes: Case Studies from China [Hardcover]

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Acknowledgements

Chapter 1?Development and Classification of Residential Aged Care Facilities in China

Chapter 2. The Acoustic Environment of China's Residential Aged Care Facilities

Chapter 3. The Acoustic Perception of the Elderly in Chinese Residential Aged Care Facilities

Chapter 4. Influence of Acoustic Environment of Residential Aged Care Facilities on Well-being

Chapter 6. Strategies for Improving Indoor Acoustic Environment in Residential Aged Care Facilities

This book examines the indoor acoustic environment of China's residential aged care facilities and links it with the physiological and psychological wellbeing of residents.

This book examines the indoor acoustic environment of China's care homes. Chapter 1 provides a brief introduction to the current situation in China's care homes. This includes the distribution, size, demand, and future development direction of these facilities. The chapter then presents an in-depth introduction and analysis of the indoor environment of these facilities, especially the acoustic environment. In Chapter 2, a case study and site investigation are described, and these are used to analyse the current state of the acoustic environment in these facilities, including the sound pressure level (SPL) and reverberation time (RT). Chapter 3 details the perceptions of the elderly regarding the acoustic environment of care homes and the correlation between the sound environment and other physical environments at the facilities. Chapter 4 presents the impact of the acoustic environment on the well-being of elderly residents and an analysis of the effects of different sound sources on the activities of the elderly. The effects of the acoustic environment on physiological indices of the elderly under different sound sources in care homes are analysed in Chapter 5. Finally, in l£”