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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466912103321

Autore

Feddersen Eckhard

Titolo

Living for the elderly : a design manual / / Eckhard Feddersen, Insa Lüdtke ; contributions by Helmut Braun [and fifteen others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel : , : Birkhäuser, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

3-0356-0972-1

3-0356-0976-4

Edizione

[Second and revised edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

728.084/6

Soggetti

Older people - Housing - Design and construction

Domestic architecture for older people

Long-term care facilities - Design and construction

Barrier-free design for older people

ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-233) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- Preface to the second edition -- Universal Design: a declaration of independence / Tauke, Beth -- One's bed, room and house in old age / Feddersen, Eckhard -- Perspectives on ageing across various cultures / Hausenbiegl, Angelika -- New forms of living for the elderly / Krings-Heckemeier, Marie-Therese -- From retirement -communities of care to communities of meaning / Dwight, Maria B. -- Dementia as a mode of being: the living environment and everyday competency / Myllymäki-Neuhoff, Johanna -- Living and dying in a hospice / Dresske, Stefan -- On the essence of living: safety - security - orientation / Lüdtke, Insa -- Floor plan design - providing for the changing needs of the elderly / Eberle, Dietmar -- Interior architecture and product design / Mahmoudieh, Yasmine -- Gardens for senior citizens - a framework for the design of outdoor spaces / Wulf, Harms -- The role of the architect in the care provision and housing markets / Feddersen, Eckhard -- Planning and designing for people with dementia / Welter, R. / Hürlimann, M. / Hürlimann-Siebke,



K. -- Planning for demand - participatory planning and building as a holistic process / Zell, Evmarie -- Operators, service providers and clients in the housing and nursing care industries / Tavridis, Nikolaos -- Project controlling and cost management of housing projects for the elderly / Heiming, Bernhard -- Quality management and user satisfaction surveys / Braun, Helmut -- Inter-generational living -- Assisted living - Serviced apartments -- Living concepts for specific user groups -- Living concepts for people with dementia -- Residential and nursing homes -- Diverse neighbourhoods Housing in mixed-use contexts -- Project data -- Authors -- Bibliography -- Index of names -- Index of places -- Photo credits