[Facilities for the aged from an environment psychology viewpoint. An analysis of relationship between ratings of social climate and behavior of home residents].

We present a concept for the quantification of "social climate" in institutions for the aged. To receive such evaluations from the aged, according to our experience, it is necessary to apply special techniques of exploration to reduce response sets of defense and facade. Comparing different institutions and analysing the correlations with behavioral data we can demonstrate the usefulness of these environmental variables. Differential results point to the fact that some characteristics of the aged have to be considered to interpret these variable of "social climate".