ABSTRAK
Seiring dengan bertambahnya usia, terjadi perubahan pada lansia yangmenyebabkan kebutuhan mereka lebih spesifik, sehingga berimplikasi kepadahuniannya. Sementara itu, peningkatan jumlah lansia di Indonesia pada saat inimendorong berkembangnya hunian khusus lansia, baik berupa institusi (pantiwerdha) yang bersifat pelayanan sosial, maupun hunian yang bersifat komersil.Tulisan ini membahas bagaimana usia tua mempengaruhi kebutuhan lansia sertamelihat bagaimana kebutuhan tersebut dipenuhi di dalam huniannya. Disampingmelalui studi literatur, dalam tulisan ini juga dilakukan studi kasus pada dua jenishunian khusus lansia, yaitu PSTW Budhi Dharma dan Senior LivingD?Khayangan serta wawancara dengan tiga orang lansia yang menghuni keduahunian tersebut. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa kedua jenis hunian tersebut memilikikelebihan dan kekurangannya masing-masing dalam memenuhi kebutuhanpenghuninya. Walaupun begitu, ketiga responden tetap merasakan ketenangan dankebahagian seperti yang diinginkan selama menghuni hunian tersebut.

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ABSTRACT
As get older, some changes occur in the elderly that cause to their needs becomemore specific, also related to their house. Meanwhile, the increasing number ofelderly people in Indonesia nowadays affecting the development of specializedhousing for elderly, whether it be institutional (panti werdha) that are socialservices based, as well as specialized housing for elderly that are commercialbased. This study discusses how old age affects the needs of elderly and toobserves how those needs met in their house. This study is not only based onstudy of literature, but also case studies on two types of specialized housing forelderly, PSTW Budhi Dharma and Senior Living D?Khayangan, and alsointerviewed with three elderly people who inhabited those housing. Result showedthat each types of those housing have plus and minus points in order to meet theneeds of its inhabitants. However, the three respondents still feel serenity andhappiness as they desired during inhabited their house.