on Dec 18th, 2006Architecture for Senior Living
When you’re twenty-five, you can pretty much live anywhere - a car, the beach, even on a train between cities as you tramp your way across Europe. As you get older, though, and the body parts stop working according to the manufacturer’s specs, you discover that living ain’t so easy anymore. In fact, it might require specialized bath safety rails, scooters, lift chairs, or health monitors.
Lastly, your home, your palace, may have to be retrofitted with wheelchair ramps, wide doors and single level living. This all goes by the name of Universal Design. Get ready for the future, because the days of living in a tent and making love all night are long over…unless, of course, you never stopped being a hippie and the sexual revolution in your pants dies hard every night as you cork off to the ladies demonstrating the exercise equipment at three in the morning.
Building Type Basics for Senior Living
by Bradford Perkins
The Pitch:
Learn the essentials of designing housing and care environments for the elderly with this volume in The Building Type Basic Series.
- Includes material on active retirement communities, continuing care retirement communities, assisted living facilities, Alzheimer’s facilities, hospices and more.
- Thoroughly illustrated with descriptive floor plans, diagrams, and photographs, this practical guide is ideal for today’s design professionals.
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