Housing Design for an Increasingly Older Population - Regnier, Victor
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A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO DESIGNING HOUSING FOR THE WORLD'S AGING POPULATIONThe dilemma of helping older people maintain their independence through better housing with services is growing. This book presents innovative solutions for those who create and provide housing for the world's increasingly longer-living population. By focusing on three specific housing and service arrangements, it offers alternatives that provide greater freedom of choice than the current living arrangements that exist today. It presents selected examples of housing and service solutions from the US, Sweden, Denmark and…mehr

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A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO DESIGNING HOUSING FOR THE WORLD'S AGING POPULATIONThe dilemma of helping older people maintain their independence through better housing with services is growing. This book presents innovative solutions for those who create and provide housing for the world's increasingly longer-living population. By focusing on three specific housing and service arrangements, it offers alternatives that provide greater freedom of choice than the current living arrangements that exist today. It presents selected examples of housing and service solutions from the US, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands to stimulate thinking about the possibilities of community-based service models.Housing Design for an Increasingly Older Population looks at a trio of options for housing the "oldest-old:" the Dutch Apartment/Condo for Life Model (AFL); decentralized Small/Green Houses; and the provision of enhanced personal and health care for people who want to stay in their own home. It offers unique and eye-opening chapters covering: what older people want; what age changes affect independence; demographics and living arrangements; how long-term care is defined; concepts and objectives for housing the frail; care giving and management practices that avoid an institutional lifestyle; innovative case studies; programs that encourage staying at home with service assistance; therapeutic use of outdoor spaces; how technology will help people stay independent; and more.Based on the author's numerous conversations with other experts, as well as his examinations of high quality settings from Northern Europe and the USBuilding case study examples showcase innovative and compassionate solutionsIn-depth coverage of three major systems that workExamines successful programs such as PACE, Friendly Cities, NORC, and the "Village to Village Network" to demonstrate the progress made in helping older, frail people stay in their own homes for as long as possibleHousing Design for an Increasingly Older Population: Redefining Assisted Living for the Mentally and Physically Frail is an important book for those who create, design, and manage assisted living and skilled nursing facilities, as well as for those who set policies regarding health, and personal care for our world's aging society.
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VICTOR REGNIER, FAIA, is Professor of Architecture and Gerontology and ACSA Distinguished Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Southern California. As a teacher, researcher, and architect, he has focused his academic and professional life on the design of housing and community settings for older people. He holds a joint professorship between the USC School of Architecture and the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, and is the only person to have achieved fellowship status in both the American Institute of Architects and the Gerontological Society of America.