Creating Caring Environments
by Elizabeth C. Brawley
Design Innovations for Aging and Alzheimers focuses on recent innovations in care environments for the aging with a resource dedicated to this topic.
Features:
- Coverage of the emerging building types of adult day care and hospice and the increased use of gardens and outdoor space in environments for the aging
- Material on sustainable design and environmentally friendly building products
- Design solutions that extend beyond assisted-living facilities and nursing homes as they can be easily adapted for residential use
- Photographs, line drawings, and a 16-page color insert that bring the material to life
Contents
Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease: Implications for Design
- Aging in the Twenty-First Century: Aging and Age-Related Changes
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Environment as Treatment
Good Design for Living—at Any Age
- Aging Vision and Health.
- Lighting and Daylighting
- Hearing Loss and Sound Solutions
- Mobility, Exercise, and Independence
- Color, Finishes, and Fabric
- Floorcovering
- Sustainability and Green Design
Culture Change: Creating Home and Community
- What Is Culture Change
- Hearth and Home: Gathering Spaces
- Private Spaces: Resident Bedrooms, Bathrooms, and Bathing Environments
- Social Living Spaces
Innovative Care Models
- The Green House
- Adult Day Care
- The Planetree Model
Gardens and Outdoor Spaces
- Creating Gardens and Outside Environments
What Does Success Look Like
- What Does Success Look Like and How Will You Know
Index
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