Designing a better day [[electronic resource] ] : guidelines for adult and dementia day services centers / / Keith Diaz Moore, Lyn Dally Geboy, and Gerald D. Weisman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451944403321
• Autore: Moore Keith Diaz
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Baltimore, : J. Hopkins University Press, 2006
• ISBN: 0-8018-8891-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GeboyLyn Dally <1961->; WeismanGerald D
• Disciplina: 362.6
• Soggetti: Adult day care centers - United States; Adult day care centers - United States - Design and construction; Older people - Services for - United States; Dementia - Patients - Services for - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Setting the Stage for a Better Day; Adult Day Centers: An Emerging Place Type; Some Important Terms; How This Book Is Organized; PART I. CREATING AWARENESS; 1. Putting ADCs in Context; The Historical and Societal Origins of ADCs; Adult Day Services Today; Character Profiles of Three Common Day Centers; 2. The Social/Spatial Structure Approach: Diagnostic Patterns in ADCs; Pattern Seeking; Patterns and Places; Diagnosing Prevalent ADC Types; 3. The Experiential Approach: Attributes of Place Experience; A Vocabulary of Place Experience; Attributes of Place ExperienceExperiencing ADCs; Conclusion; PART II. INCREASING UNDERSTANDING; 4. ADCs, Places, and Systems; A Model of Place; The Placemaking Process; Conclusion; PART III. TAKING ACTION; 5. The Process of Adult/Dementia Day Center Development; A Guiding Image: Your Project Vision; Where to Operate? Site Criteria; Moving from Vision to Project Concept; Conclusion; 6. Determining Feasibility of an Adult/Dementia Day Center Project; Financial Feasibility Statement: The Pro Forma; Needs Assessment: If You Build It, ; Will They Come?; 7. Developing an Activity Program; Valuing Strengths, Abilities, and ChallengesGiving the Activities Program Direction: Strategic Orientations; Life as Activity; Health and Rehabilitation; Choreographing the Daily Program; Conclusion; 8. Prescriptive Patterns to Facilitate Life as Activity; Integrating Program and Setting; Realm of Activity: Coming and Going; Realm of Activity: Walking and Exploring; Realm of Activity: Daily Life Activities; Realm of Activity: Cooking and Dining; Realm of Activity: Being Outside; Conclusion; 9. Prescriptive Patterns to Facilitate Health and Rehabilitation; Realm of Activity: Personal Care: ToiletingRealm of Activity: Personal Care: Bathing; Realm of Activity: Physical and Health Support Activities; Conclusion; 10. Evaluating Adult/Dementia Day Centers as Places; Conclusion; People; Program; Physical Setting; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z