As of March 20, 2011, senior care communities are now eligible to receive an energy performance score by using EPA’s online energy measurement and Read More »
One could scarcely spend any time at the Environments for Aging 11 conference without encountering the concept of “culture change,” surely one of the Read More »
New Urbanism—a development model that integrates housing, retail, and amenity services—is not a new concept. But the integration of senior living Read More »
ATLANTA—It makes sense that people want to “age in place” as they grow old. However, with 33% of the population 50+ years of age, that concept needs Read More »
Many senior living environments were built in the 1970s and are looking very tired. To keep pace with the consumer demand for style and liveability, Read More »
The big question of how best to marry technology to a high-touch/low-tech business was tackled at an Environments for Aging conference roundtable Read More »
Ila Burdette, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal • Perkins+Will Congratulations to this year’s winner of Best in Show! When Ila Burdette describes her Read More »
The Environments for Aging conference is in full swing. I enjoyed both presenting and attending the workshop sessions yesterday. I appreciated the Read More »
In an engaging, informative, and through-provoking opening keynote, Judah L. Ronch, PhD, Professor of Practice, Interim Dean, Erickson School, Read More »
Three quarters of the way through the first full day and I feel like I am trying to get a drink of water from a high pressure fire hose. The depth, Read More »
Senior living designers and architects are an engaging bunch—at least the ones I’ve met at Long-Term Living’s Environments for Aging conference. At Read More »
I have had the opportunity to attend Environments for Aging the past five years or so. It is by far the most valuable conference I attend during the Read More »
Fifty designers, architects, therapists, and administrators have just toured the Wesley Woods campus. Their forested campus is by far the greatest Read More »
Across the largest 31 metropolitan markets, the penetration rate for nursing care beds is 12.2%, or approximately 12 nursing beds per every 100 aged Read More »
Design tends to be evolutionary, not revolutionary. Progress is typically made in incremental steps, tweaking what “is” to change what “will be.” Read More »
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act restricts a resident’s either medical or personal information from being released to anyone Read More »
During 4Q10, the occupancy rate in nursing care properties declined 0.2 percentage points to 88.3% from 88.5% in 3Q10. This marginal quarterly Read More »
I recently attended a business conference where I showed off a new long-term care main street project. It was received with dropped jaws. Not only Read More »
Last week a highly esteemed, high-spirited group of long-term care designers, architects, providers, and academics convened in Greenville, South Read More »
Over the past few years, alcohol dispensers along with hand washing sinks have become the standard in most healthcare settings. To a large extent it Read More »
There is growing evidence that the design of the built environment, by itself and in combination with organizational policies and procedures, has a Read More »
The Jerry & Dolores Turco Medical Rehab Center LINCOLN PARK, NEW JERSEY PROJECT SUMMARY Type of Facility/Setting: Short-Term Rehab Facility Owner: Read More »
Long-term care developers are itching to build, imploring lenders to “show us the money” Like a post-acute resident in a skilled nursing facility, Read More »
Glass gives great views and the feeling of being outside is carried through the interior with cedar, slate, and bluestone Flying into Boston's Read More »
PROJECT SUMMARY Type of Facility/Setting: Continuing Care Retirement Community Owner: Virginia United Methodist Homes Chief Administrator: Chris Read More »
Every year, as part of our DESIGN coverage, our jurors participate in a roundtable discussion. This year, they met with DESIGN Editor Maureen Read More »
Whether you call an alternative dining venue an Internet café, a bistro, or an ice cream parlor, residents in long-term care communities love these Read More »
