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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818372003321

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

Classificazione

ARC011000

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

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

Sommario/riassunto

"Quality living in old age is one of the key topics of our time. This book presents innovative forms of living, intelligent concepts and individual solutions for people with physical or cognitive limitations. Integrative forms of housing transcending the boundaries between individual, collective and assisted forms of living. The updated new edition includes new current international case studies on integrated housing and neighbourhood concepts"--