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	Design for Assisted Living: Guidelines for Housing the Physically and Mentally Frail By: Regnier, Victor Published By: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. PDF for Digital Editions Price: $99.00 Available to read online in eb20 (what's this?) PDF for Digital Editions	EBOOK OPTIONS ADD TO CART ADD TO WISHLIST TELL A FRIEND RECEIVE ALERTS
	Spurred by increases in the oldest-old population, long-term care has been reinvented in the form of attractive, homelike settings. Design for Assisted Living provides solutions to the challenges of creating these environments now and into the future. This visually rich book gives a complete overview of designing for the mentally and physically frail elderly. Research garnered from hundreds of buildings in the United States and northern Europe is presented here in design directives, case studies, and practical guidelines. This comprehensive reference includes: Specific solutions: 100 qualities and characteristics of successful environments – such as ways to make larger rooms appear smaller – circulation patterns that lead to greater social interaction, and new approaches to "edge spaces" like porches and winter gardens Recent developments: designs that promote exercise therapy, therapeutic designs for dementia, and environmental and service changes that support "aging in place" Key issues: site design, therapeutic garden design, interior design specifications, lighting treatments, unit design features, and regulatory impediments Resources: photographs from dozens of the best-designed facilities in the United States and Europe along with floor plans from fifteen outstanding case studies Complete with management tips, future predictions and trends, benchmarking statistics, and lessons learned from Europe, Design for Assisted Living is an indispensable resource for architects, planners, interior designers, landscape architects, and housing providers, as well as gerontologists, nursing home administrators, housing managers, and policymakers.

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