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Upgrading buildings for older people
Judith TorringtonUniversity of Sheffield School of Architecture
NE Region Housing LIN Darlington
16 September 2004
Where old people liveage concern website statistics
Age Own home
Sheltered housing
Care home or hospital
65-74 88% 11% 1%
75-84 72% 23% 5%
85+ 60% 19% 21%
Changing circumstancesthere’s a lot of living to be done between the ages of 65 and 95
Virtuous circles: managing change• Choice – what do people want?• Consultation – who is in charge?• Research – how do buildings
impact on well-being? • Opportunity – what are the
options?• Finance – what will it cost?
Consultation
• Access to the community
• The layout of the building
• Private spaces • Communal spaces• Outside areas• Aspirations and
preferences
safety & health
community
comfort
physical support
physical support
choice & control
comfort
personalisation
Quality of life
High dependency
Low dependency
Research findings DICE
Wish list : emerging themes• Music (listening, singing, social participation,
dancing, etc) • Getting outside• Social contact• Conversation• Laughter • Physical activity, walking & exercise• Carer support• Mental stimulation• Meals & food• Memory (spatial & temporal orientation)
Research findings INDEPENDENT
Changing circumstancesimpairments of ageing
Space for access
• Wheelchair access
• Changes of level
• Access for restricted mobility
• Space for care
1300mm
1200mm
600mm550mm
1400mm1200mm
600mm
1100mm-850mm
660mm500mm
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300mm
1500mm
1700mm
1070mm-865mm
Physical support
Wayfinding
Some thirty inches from my nose
The frontier of my person goes,
And all the untilled air between
Is private Pagus or demesne.
Stranger, unless with bedroom eyes
I beckon you to fraternise,
Beware of rudely crossing it:
I have no gun, but I can spitW. H. Auden About the House
Private and personal space
Bring me sunshine
Community and society
Managing the building process
•Regular renewal of fabric
•Cleaning and maintenance
•Installations
•Decoration and renewal of finishes and fittings
•Building fabric renewal
•Emergencies
•Major upgrades and renewal
The renewal cycle
• Low or no cost options• Medium cost • Major renewal
•Current standards
•Misfits
•Performance
•Profitability
•Best practice
•Quality
•New development
•Strategic plan
Making a building appraisal:
before after
References:
Judith Torrington Upgrading buildings for older people (2004) RIBA Enterprises
Robson, D., A.-M. Nicholson, et al. (1997). Homes for the Third Age. London, E and FN Spon.
Phillips, M., P. Fletcher, et al. (1999). Involving Older People in Upheaval and Change in Their Housing Environment, Housing 21.
Trotter, E., M. Phillips, et al. (1998). Remodelled Sheltered Housing, Housing 21.