Housing Design for an Increasingly Older Population: Redefining Assisted Living for the Mentally and Physically Frail (Hardcover)

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: What Do Older People Want?

Chapter 2: What are the Aging Changes that Affect Independence?

Chapter 3: Demographics and Living Arrangements

Chapter 4: How is Long Term Care Defined? What Are the Choices?

Chapter 5: Concepts and Objectives for Housing the Frail               

Chapter 6: 25 Design Ideas and Concepts that Can Make A Difference

Chapter 7:  15 Care Giving and Management Practices that Avoid An Institutional Lifestyle

Chapter 8: 21 Building Case Studies

Chapter 9: Programs that Encourage Staying at Home with Service Assistance

Chapter 10: Therapeutic Use of Outdoor Spaces and Plant Materials

Chapter 11: How will Technology Help People Stay Independent and Avoid institutionalization?

Chapter 12: 12 Primary Themes, Take-aways and Conclusions 

Index