Ebook: Design for assisted living: guidelines for housing the physically and mentally frail

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.;DESIGN FOR ASSISTED LIVING; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I Assisted Living Defined; PART II 100 Critical Design Considerations; PART III Case Studies; PART IV Conclusions and Directives; Appendix A Noteworthy Buildings; Appendix B Additional Important Buildings; Appendix C Glossary of Housing Terms; References; Index.