TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gromark,Sten
AU  - Andersson,Björn
TI  - Architecture for residential care and ageing communities: spaces for dwelling and healthcare 
SN  - 9780367358716
AV  - NA2545.A3 A73 2021
U1  - 720.846 A73 2021 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Domestic architecture for older people
KW  - Barrier-free design for older people
KW  - Housing and health
KW  - Health promotion
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Dwelling -- Ageing -- Caring -- Methodological considerations
N2  - "Architecture for Residential Care and Ageing Communities confronts urgent architectural design challenges within residential innovation, ageing communities and healthcare environments. The increasing and diversified demands on the housing market today call for alterability and adaptability in long term solutions for new integrated ways of residing. Meanwhile, an accentuated ageing society requires new residential ways of living, combining dignity, independence and appropriate care. Concurrently, profound changes in technical conditions for home healthcare require rethinking healing environments. This edited collection explores the dynamics between these integrated architectural and caring developments and intends to envision reconfigured environmental design patterns that can significantly enhance new forms of welfare and ultimately, an improved quality of life. This book identifies, presents, and articulates new qualities in designs, in caring processes, and healing atmospheres, thereby providing operational knowledge developed in close collaboration with academics, actors and stakeholders in architecture, design, and healthcare. This is an ideal read for those interested in situations of dwelling, ageing and caring"--
ER  -