Housing Design for an Increasingly Older Population
Redefining Assisted Living for the Mentally and Physically Frail
1. Edition October 2018
336 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-1-119-18003-6
John Wiley & Sons
Further versions
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: What Do Older People Want?
Chapter 2: What are the Aging Changes that Affect Independence?
Chapter 3: Demographics and Living Arrangements
Chapter 4: How is Long Term Care Defined? What Are the Choices?
Chapter 5: Concepts and Objectives for Housing the Frail
Chapter 6: 25 Design Ideas and Concepts that Can Make A Difference
Chapter 7: 15 Care Giving and Management Practices that Avoid An Institutional Lifestyle
Chapter 8: 21 Building Case Studies
Chapter 9: Programs that Encourage Staying at Home with Service Assistance
Chapter 10: Therapeutic Use of Outdoor Spaces and Plant Materials
Chapter 11: How will Technology Help People Stay Independent and Avoid institutionalization?
Chapter 12: 12 Primary Themes, Take-aways and Conclusions
Index
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: What Do Older People Want?
Chapter 2: What are the Aging Changes that Affect Independence?
Chapter 3: Demographics and Living Arrangements
Chapter 4: How is Long Term Care Defined? What Are the Choices?
Chapter 5: Concepts and Objectives for Housing the Frail
Chapter 6: 25 Design Ideas and Concepts that Can Make A Difference
Chapter 7: 15 Care Giving and Management Practices that Avoid An Institutional Lifestyle
Chapter 8: 21 Building Case Studies
Chapter 9: Programs that Encourage Staying at Home with Service Assistance
Chapter 10: Therapeutic Use of Outdoor Spaces and Plant Materials
Chapter 11: How will Technology Help People Stay Independent and Avoid institutionalization?
Chapter 12: 12 Primary Themes, Take-aways and Conclusions
Index
VICTOR REGNIER, FAIA, is Professor of Architecture and Gerontology and ACSA Distinguished Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Southern California. As a teacher, researcher, and architect, he has focused his academic and professional life on the design of housing and community settings for older people. He holds a joint professorship between the USC School of Architecture and the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, and is the only person to have achieved fellowship status in both the American Institute of Architects and the Gerontological Society of America.
