西方国家的老年公寓，多建在环境优美、交通方便的城市郊区或闹中取静的城市中心，建筑风格古朴典雅;室内设备齐全,取用方便,室内布置与一般家庭居室大体相同。公寓设有生活服务、呼救报警、医疗保健、休息娱乐、文化学习、自助劳动等设施和场所。随着西方福利事业的发展及老年公寓条件的改善,许多虽有子女或亲属照料的老年人,为避免代际冲突，也自愿申请到老年公寓来安度晚年。
The apartments for the elderly in western countries are mostly built in the suburbs of cities with beautiful environment and convenient transportation or in the city center with quiet downtown. The architectural style is simple and elegant; the indoor equipment is complete and convenient to use, and the indoor layout is basically the same as that of ordinary family rooms. The apartment has facilities and places such as life service, call for help and alarm, medical care, rest and entertainment, cultural learning, self-help labor, etc. With the development of welfare in the West and the improvement of apartment conditions for the elderly, many elderly people, who have children or relatives, voluntarily apply to the apartment for the elderly to spend their old age in order to avoid intergenerational conflicts.
历史发展
Historical development
美国在1935年《社会保障法》通过以前，各州政府已有老年公寓的设置;1935年后，开始大规模兴建，主要为有经济基础的老年人设立。英国于1JDG金属穿线管 不锈钢链板 隔离墩模具 检查井钢模具 流水槽模具 阶梯护坡模具 护坡砖模具 遮板模具 948年实施国民救助法时，规定每一都市政府要为贫困无家的老年人设置老年公寓，都市政府如财力不足，可与慈善团体合力兴建。
Before the adoption of the social security act of 1935 in the United States, state governments had set up apartments for the elderly; after 1935, large-scale construction began, mainly for the elderly with economic basis. When the UK implemented the national aid act in 1948, it stipulated that every city government should set up apartments for the elderly who are poor and homeless. If the city government is short of money, it can build them together with charities.