Humanistic Design of Assisted Living

Humanistic Design of Assisted Living
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By:"John P. Marsden"
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Published on 2005-04-08 by JHU Press

Dining. Rooms. The \u003cb\u003edining room\u003c/b\u003e in an assisted living building is primarily used \u003cbr\u003e\nby older adults for meal consumption. The consumption of food is a necessary \u003cbr\u003e\nactivity; eating provides nutrients that sustain life. Meal consumption is also a \u003cbr\u003e\nsocial ...

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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.

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