Humanistic Design of Assisted Living

Informationen zum Autor John P. Marsden is an associate professor and director of the interior architecture program at Chatham College. He contributed a chapter in Aging, Autonomy, and Architecture , available from Johns Hopkins. Klappentext John P. Marsden has translated research-based information into innovative and practicable design strategies that directly address those unfavorable perceptions of assisted living facilities. He discusses successful humanistic design and presents a conceptual framework, based on consumer-based research, composed of six themes: familiar housing cues, protective enclosure, caring cues, human scale, usability, and naturalness. He applied this framework to specific guidelines for building exteriors, interior entries, and common shared spaces. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive and accessible book presents essential design guidelines for housing owners! operators! administrators! policy makers! gerontologists! interior designers! and architects.

Product details

• Authors: John P. Marsden, John P. (President Marsden, John P. (Provost and Vice President for A Marsden, John P. (Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Marsden, Marsden John P.
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.07.2005
• EAN: 9780801880315
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8031-5
• No. of pages: 136
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 267 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology, Age groups: the elderly, Houses, apartments, flats, etc, Architecture: residential and domestic buildings, Age groups: the elderly / old age