Design Guidelines: Home for the Elderly

DEMYSTIYING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
D E S I G N F O R T H E E L D E R LY:
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D h I r a j N. S a l h o t r a
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DESIGN FOR THE ELDERLY:
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:

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Grass crete parking lots:

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Building must appear friendly and approachable:

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Covered Porch for the entrance:

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Should have attractive foyer

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Semi-active landscape courts:

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Exterior Sitouts:

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Use of pergolas for shade:

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Corridors protected from rains:

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Attracting Wildlife:
Animals, Insects, and Birds

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Looped walking tracks:

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Alcove used to personalize unit
entry:

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Low window seat links the
bed 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 plants
outside. 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 French
Balcony, 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-pane
glass 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 and
staff 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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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 these
relatively 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
behind
the toilet to give
caregivers more room
to help residents
who require two-person
assistance.

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Toilet is visible from
the resident’s bed:
a wide pocket door has
been
situated 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 and
memorable in appearance,
creates a landmark in a facility
where symmetrical corridors have
been confusing to some
assisted living residents.

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Open kitchen and dining spaces:

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Open kitchen and dining with living spaces:

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Alcoves:
Allows for interaction with
corridor movement.

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Room clusters

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Room plan:
Nearly half of the assisted living units are
420-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 a
sliding 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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