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A guide for assisted living: towards lifehome 21
- Authors:
- BRE, 3DREID RESEARCH, ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS
- Publisher:
- Royal Institute of British Architects
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 96p.
- Place of publication:
- London
As life expectancy increases, traditional arrangements for supporting those with long-term health issues are becoming unsustainable. The assisted living agenda is part of the solution. It is about helping people with chronic health conditions to live active, independent and dignified lives and stimulating new thinking based on contemporary and emerging technologies. Funded by the Technology Strategy Board under the ALIP1 project, this illustrated design guide about assisted living considers the built environment along with the integration of digital infrastructure in homes. It looks in turn at housing standards, ergonomic data, access issues, space standards (including a case study for adapting a typical terraced house), an overview of digital connectivity, and guidance on digital assisted living technologies. The guide is aimed at all those who have to take decisions on the appropriate design, specification, construction and adaptation of ‘assisted living enabled’ buildings, including architects, developers, designers, builders, health care workers, and designers of health care equipment.
Housing for older people: planning for the future
- Authors:
- LEWIS Sarah, SPENCER Sam
- Publisher:
- Royal Town Planning Institute
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 44
- Place of publication:
- London
The RTPI, Chartered Institute for Housing (CIH), Centre for Ageing Better, the Older People's Housing Champions Network and Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO) have joined together to publish this practice advice on housing for older people. The practice advice demonstrates how the planning system can enable the development of accessible, well-maintained, and affordable homes in locations that provide access to essential local services and opportunities for social connections. It also outlines key principles for how professionals from all parts of the older people’s housing sector - town planning, housing, adult social care, registered housing providers and specialist housing developers, should work collaboratively to provide the best outcomes for older people. Used to its full potential, good planning delivers the right development in the right places, helping to build community hubs where older people can easily and safely reach the everyday shops and services that they need. The practice advice also shows how retrofitting existing homes and investing in alternate options to mainstream housing, like retirement communities, can help meet the country’s net zero ambitions, tackle the housing crisis, and address the health and wellbeing of our aging population. (Edited publisher abstract)
Building better care homes for adults: design, planning and construction considerations for new or converted care homes for adults
- Author:
- CARE INSPECTORATE
- Publisher:
- Care Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 44
- Place of publication:
- Dundee
The design of a care home can impact significantly on dignity, respect, compassion, inclusion, responsive care and support and wellbeing. This updated guidance provides information on Scottish regulations, National Care Standards and guidance used by the Care Inspectorate to assess building plans or when giving advice. It includes quotations from people living in care homes and their carers throughout, which illustrate the difference that high-quality design can make to people’s experience of living in a care home. It also includes links to good practice documents. The document will be of interest to service providers, developers, architects, builders, local authority and NHS commissioners, as well as those looking for or using a registered care home for adults. (Edited publisher abstract)
Design and dementia: when less is more
- Authors:
- FUGGLE Liz, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 25(6), 2017, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The author, a design manager, and her colleagues, offer their view of the potential of interior space design to improve the quality of life of people living with dementia. Drawing on research, living with dementia and their cumulative and international experience, four points are discussed: 1) everyone is different - there is no one approach; 2) clutter is dangerous; 3) under and overestimation of the power of colour; and 4) achieving a home-like environment. (Original abstract)
Global age-friendly cities: a guide
- Author:
- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
- Publisher:
- World Health Organization
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 82
- Place of publication:
- Geneva
The purpose of this guide is to engage cities to become more age-friendly so as to tap the potential that older people represent for humanity. It describes the converging trends of rapid growth of the population over 60 years of age and of urbanisation, outlines the challenge facing cities, and summarises the research process that led to identifying the core features of an age-friendly city. The report examines in particular: outdoor spaces and buildings; transportation; housing; social participation; respect and social inclusion; civic participation and employment; communication and information; and community support and health services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Improving the design of housing to assist people with dementia
- Author:
- UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 39
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
This book is one of a series to raise awareness of dementia design issues and improve the design of buildings used by people with dementia. It explains why environmental design is so important for people with dementia and goes on to describe the design features that follow from this. It describes modifications that are recommended within individual houses and flats, along with those that are helpful in communal internal spaces within specialist care housing units. There is also a section on designing outside spaces. Most of the recommendations do not involve additional cost - just a little forethought during the planning, refurbishment or redevelopment of accommodation. The guidance is relevant to anyone working the field of housing, especially those with tenants aged over 65. However, since there are a significant minority of younger people with dementia, the recommendations will benefit this group too. (Publisher abstract)
Cultivating neighbourhoods that care: a manifesto for change
- Author:
- AGILE AGEING ALLIANCE
- Publisher:
- Agile Ageing Alliance
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 128
Contributed to by age, health, care and design experts, policy makers and thought leaders, and drawing on perspectives and best practice from around the world, this report considers how the housing sector can combat loneliness and mental health issues – among younger and older populations – and ease the associated burden on health and social care systems. What is needed is a paradigm shift away from the disparate snakes and ladders style housing archetype; from starter, to family, to retirement homes. To smart building types, capable of adapting to accommodate a growing family, and then supporting an ageing one in later life, in smart technologically enabled multigenerational environments. This can only be achieved by taking account of the needs of the occupant and how they change over time. What’s missing is a commonly agreed view of “what good looks like”, making it hard for regional and local government, developers, and procurers of related products and services, to plan with any degree of confidence. This report contains a true wealth of insights, examples and recommendations designed to help shape a new International Standard – one that focuses on the creation of technically enabled multigenerational neighbourhoods. The development of this standard will enable advancement of a professional discourse on planning multigenerational neighbourhoods for the wellbeing of all, predicated on a set of guiding principles and a voluntary code of conduct. (Edited publisher abstract)
Age-friendly housing: future design for older people
- Authors:
- PORTEUS Jeremy, PARK Julia
- Publisher:
- RIBA Publishing
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 192
- Place of publication:
- London
This book sets out the underlying design principles that should be applied in the design of future housing for an ageing population, focuses on anticipating the needs and aspirations of the next generation of older people. It looks at how well-designed buildings can facilitate the provision of care, support independence and wellbeing, while providing companionship and stimulation. It also examines how to ensure that buildings remain flexible over a long life. It is illustrated with case studies alongside contributions from a range of experts and examples of best practice. Although focusing mainly on new-build housing, it also includes a section on adaptation and refurbishment. It also briefly looks at what designing for an ageing population implies for communities, towns and cities, as well as for our living spaces. It provides a comprehensive resource to inform architects, designers, and planners to be braver and wiser in designing with older people in mind. (Edited publisher abstract)
A directory for promoting social well-being in extra care housing and other settings
- Authors:
- EVANS Simon, VALLELLY Sarah, CALLAGHAN Lisa
- Publisher:
- DH Care Networks. Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This directory aims to identify and promote good practice for achieving social well-being. It is aimed at people from many different backgrounds, including older people, informal carers, commissioners, planners, managers and architects. Although the directory was initially based on research into extra care housing, much of the information it contains is likely to be relevant to other housing with care settings. This directory presents some ideas for good practice in promoting social well-being, and is grouped into five themes: general considerations; social interaction; design and planning; funding issues; and models of care. Where appropriate these ideas are supported by signposts to further information such as the Department of Health’s Housing Learning.
A directory for promoting social well-being in extra care housing and other settings
- Authors:
- EVANS Simon, VALLELLY Sarah
- Publisher:
- Care Services Improvement Partnership. Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 27p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The overall aim of this directory is to identify and promote good practice for achieving social well-being. It is aimed at people from many different backgrounds, including older people, informal carers, commissioners, planners, managers and architects. Although the directory was initially based on research into extra care housing, much of the information it contains is likely to be relevant to other housing with care settings.