Tag archive for ‘facility design’
Color Trends in Healthcare Design and Designing for the Future
We have learned that nature design themes can help with the healing process. Will the holistic colors and designs that are being used now stand the test of time ? These topics are discussed in this article from Healthcare Design.
Environments for Aging 2010: March 21 - 23
Learn about this three day conference in which attendees and presenters will have the opportunity to explore and share new and innovative ideas for creating attractive and functional living spaces for the elderly. Click below to link to the Environments for Aging website.
A Resident’s Perspective on Nursing Home Design
Kathleen Mears is a resident of a nursing home in southeastern Ohio. As a regular blogger and contributor for Long-Term Living Magazine, she writes clear, thoughtful, and truly moving perspective pieces on what it means to live in a long-term care environment. In this article, she talks specifically what she would do if [...]
Converting Nursing Homes into Lively Edens
This article by Helen Dennis is an excellent introduction to the challenges facing long-term care, and the fascinating work of Dr. William H. Thomas:
Brett Beldock Brings Fresh Design to Middlebury
Recently featured in the New York Times:
“Brett Beldock, a Manhattan interior designer, was thinking about El Morocco and the Monkey Bar when she designed the interiors of a new assisted living facility, the Lodge at Otter Creek, in Middlebury, Vt.
Mark Wentworth Home Not Typical Nursing Home
Charles McMahon of the Fosters Daily Democrat introduces us to another nursing home where design and historical context plays a big part in bringing the details of home to long-term care.
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