Housing design for an increasingly older population : redefining assisted living for the mentally and physically frail / / by Victor Regnier

• Autore: Regnier Victor <1947->
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, NJ : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 720.84/6
• Soggetto topico: Older people - Dwellings - Planning; Older people - Dwellings - Design and construction
• Classificazione: 527.1; 720.846
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: What do older people want? -- What are the aging changes that affect independence? -- Demographics and living arrangements -- How is long term care defined? what are the choices? -- Concepts and objectives for housing the frail -- 25 design ideas and concepts that can make a difference -- 15 care giving and management practices that avoid an institutional lifestyle -- 21 building case studies -- Programs that encourage staying at home with service assistance -- Therapeutic use of outdoor spaces and plant materials -- How will technology help people stay independent and avoid institutionalization? -- 12 primary themes, take-aways and conclusions.
• Sommario/riassunto: "A comprehensive guide to designing housing for the world’s aging population. The dilemma of helping older people maintain their independence through better housing with services is growing. This book presents innovative solutions for those who create and provide housing for the world’s increasingly longer-living population. By focusing on three specific housing and service arrangements, it offers alternatives that provide greater freedom of choice than the current living arrangements that exist today. It presents selected examples of housing and service solutions from the US, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands to stimulate thinking about the possibilities of community-based service models. Housing Design for an Increasingly Older Population looks at a trio of options for housing the “oldest-old:” the Dutch Apartment/Condo for Life Model (AFL); decentralized Small/Green Houses; and the provision of enhanced personal and health care for people who want to stay in their own home. It offers unique and eye-opening chapters covering: what older people want; what age changes affect independence; demographics and living arrangements; how long-term care is defined; concepts and objectives for housing the frail; care giving and management practices that avoid an institutional lifestyle; innovative case studies; programs that encourage staying at home with service assistance; therapeutic use of outdoor spaces; how technology will help people stay independent; and more. Housing Design for an Increasingly Older Population: Redefining Assisted Living for the Mentally and Physically Frail is an important book for those who create, design, and manage assisted living and skilled nursing facilities, as well as for those who set policies regarding health, and personal care for our world’s aging society." -- Publisher's description.
• Titolo autorizzato: Housing design for an increasingly older population
• ISBN: 1-119-18006-6; 1-119-18007-4; 1-119-18004-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910677756403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II