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We are faced with a social issue of increasing the absolute size of elderly, so facility requirements about various welfare for the aged are going along for prevent of elderly problem. Especially, the Elderly Welfare Center has paid off in terms of supply. But it was planned without traits of elderly or regional characters, whereupon some seniors are being inconvenienced. Therefore, the Elderly Welfare Center should organize programs and spaces to accommodate their diverse needs in preparation for continuous inflow of the ageing population in the future. This study analyzed the current state of program, position and space organization in 6 Elderly Welfare Center in Daegu, the third largest ageing population city in Korea, to draw a conclusion based on the survey of preliminary aged people and facility uses in order to improve the programs and enhance the utilization of the space and to present basic data in future planning of the Welfare Center for the elderly.