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DEMYSTIYING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGND E S I G N F O R T H E E L D E R LY:
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O B J E C T I V E S
• Appear residential in character
• Be perceived as small in size
• Provide residential privacy and completeness
• Recognize the uniqueness of each resident
• Foster independence, interdependence, and individuality
• Focus on health maintenance, physical movement, and
mental stimulation
• Support family involvement
• Maintain connections with the surrounding community
• Serve the frail
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Residents’/Patients’ Therapeutic Goals
• Support abilities and compensate for losses.
• Instill a sense of belonging and usefulness.
• Provide opportunities to continue work, trades, or hobbies.
• Establish connections to the familiar.
• Establish a sense of personal pride or ownership.
• Maintain a sense of security in physical surroundings• (including landmarks, predictable paths, and secure zones).
• Heighten awareness of nature, seasons, places, and time.
• Create places for physical exercise.
• Maximize a sense of independence and freedom• (through unlocked doors to a secure garden).
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Staff Therapeutic Goals
• Create a pleasant work environment.
• Provide desired amount of space for activities.
• Allow for complete surveillance of the area• (inside and outside).
• Maintain flexibility to adapt to the environment • (including furnishings that can change).
• Provide places for resident/patient respite • (quiet places to take residents).
• Designate places for staff breaks and respite.
• Provide the ability to use space around the clock.
• Establish direct access to outdoor areas.
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Families and Other Visitors’ Therapeutic Goals
• Provide assurance that residents have quality care.
• Provide a familiar homelike living environment (attractive to the family/visitors).
• Offer social opportunities for residents/patients.
• Create a sense of privacy and comfort for visiting(quiet places for family/visitors).
• Encourage family/visitor involvement with the resident care
program.
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1. Exit Control.
2. Walking Paths.
3. Personal Places.
4. Social Spaces.
5. Healing Gardens.
6. Residential Features.
7. Independence.
8. Sensory Comprehensibility.
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Overlooking balconies verandahs to create a visual connection:
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Capture views of the neighbourhood:D h I r a j N. S a l h o t r a
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Grass crete parking lots:D h I r a j N. S a l h o t r a
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Building must appear friendly and approachable:D h I r a j N. S a l h o t r a
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Building must appear friendly and approachable:D h I r a j N. S a l h o t r a
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Covered Porch for the entrance:D h I r a j N. S a l h o t r a
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Semi-active landscape courts:D h I r a j N. S a l h o t r a
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Corridors protected from rains:D h I r a j N. S a l h o t r a
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Attracting Wildlife:Animals, Insects, and Birds
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Alcove used to personalize unit entry:
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Low window seat links thebed with a view:
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Low window seat links thebed with a view:
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Big windows and low sills
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French balcony design is simple but elegant: This window grill design , allows residents to place plantsoutside. The wooden dowel provides security and creates a two-window composition
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Corner windows with decks
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Balcony window wall opens for fresh air: This FrenchBalcony, when opened,connects this space to the surrounding landscape.
Note the anthroposophic mullion design and the low sill.
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Double pocket doors link the living room and bedroom:
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Dutch doors open the room to the corridor:
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Dutch door is used to make nurse’s office more approachable:
This dementia office uses a fixed-paneglass window and a Dutch door to facilitate interaction between staff, residents, and family members .
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Double-leaf doors accommodate bedridden residents:
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Convenient bench : Near staircase for waiting
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Bench on stair landing encourages use:
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Shallow riser heights make it easier for residents andstaff to use the stairs:
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Design of parapets to afford views
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Dyads for intimacy
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Dyads for intimacy
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Enlivening corridor spaces
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Long corridors need variety to break them up:Variety is created here through the use of furniture, artwork,skylights, and plant materials located throughout theserelatively narrow corridors.
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Visually connected to outdoor exercise alcoves
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Adding a common whirlpool tub
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Warm-water spa is part of the therapeutic approach:
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Small kitchen alcoves at entry
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Small manageable tenements
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Safe bathrooms
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Toilet designs for accessibility vary: space has been created behindthe toilet to give caregivers more room to help residentswho require two-person assistance.
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Toilet is visible from the resident’s bed:a wide pocket door has beensituated so that a view into the bathroom is possible.
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Large sculpture works well for orientation purposes:This full-sized statue, which is unusual in size andmemorable in appearance, creates a landmark in a facilitywhere symmetrical corridors have been confusing to someassisted living residents.
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Alcoves:Allows for interaction with corridor movement.
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Room plan: Nearly half of the assisted living units are420-SF, spacious one-bedroom apartments.
The tea kitchensin these units have a small two-burner range in addition to a refrigerator.
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Room plan: Nearly half of the assisted living units are420-SF, spacious one-bedroom apartments.
The tea kitchensin these units have a small two-burner range in addition to a refrigerator.
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Dwelling unit: The unit features a large bathroom with asliding door, an entry alcove with a large closet, a tea kitchen, and a patio that is accessible from the living room.
This wider unit can accommodate a side-by-side sitting area and a bed alcove.
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