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Safe, happy and together: design ideas for minimising the spread of infection whilst nurturing social interaction in later living communities
- Author:
- PRP ARCHITECTS
- Publisher:
- Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 10
- Place of publication:
- London
This report outlines a series of practical design recommendations to control the transmission of coronavirus, and other everyday infections, in later-living housing whilst maintaining social interaction for residents. Later living, in this paper, refers to residential accommodation consisting of self-contained apartments with associated communal, support and ancillary spaces under one roof. The document is intended to be a practical guide for designers, operators and developers refurbishing ageing later-living housing projects or considering new ones. It identifies thirteen specific areas that would require improvements in order to safeguard the mental and physical health of residents, and to enable staff to manage additional tasks that might be required of them during a pandemic. Key recommendations include creating a separate entrance for staff and deliveries, additional storage for PPE, ventilators, sanitation equipment at all entrances and installing a traffic light system in the lobby to control movement in and out of the building or a ‘pop-up’ shelter in the entrance courtyard for supervised visits. (Edited publisher abstract)
Integrated by design: housing and care for older people in the UK: current provision and emerging trends: an overview by PRP
- Author:
- PRP ARCHITECTS
- Publisher:
- PRP Architects
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 41
- Place of publication:
- London
This is the third report by PRP summarising the current provision and emerging trends in housing and care for older people in the United Kingdom. It argues that to meet the challenge of housing and caring for an ageing population progress must be made to ensure housing and neighbourhoods are designed to be as inclusive as possible; to develop an increasingly integrated approach in terms of housing and care delivery, in terms of services, agencies and local and central government and in locating older people at the heart of our communities; to foster innovation in terms of design, assistive technology and, particularly from the financial services industry, to release equity and offer creative funding arrangements to meet the growing costs of housing and care. The report briefly outlines the current provision and reviews a series of housing typologies, including independent living, extra care sheltered housing, assisted living, dementia care, residential care and nursing homes and retirement villages. The report identifies an overall trend in the provision of housing and care for older people that has been geared, over the past decade or more, to shift care provision from institutional settings toward more independent housing typologies that integrate housing and support for older people into the community. This trend is being driven both to meet our aspirations for independence and to respond to affordability challenges. The report calls for a change of emphasis in new housing and care provision to reflect the new trends, towards the development of well located, attractive, adaptable and flexible independent accommodation at the heart of residential communities. (Edited publisher abstract)