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The design of long-term care homes has come under close scrutiny during the COVID-19 pandemic. But those who work in the field say it’s only one of many factors that protect residents.
The images were heartbreaking — a senior citizen, alone in their nursing home bedroom while, on the other side of the window, a family member stands outside and tries to establish some kind of ...
About one-third of long-term care beds in the Ottawa region are in facilities built to 1972 design standards that permit four beds in a room the size of a small studio apartment.
"Restyling a care home is not necessarily a standard request at BoConcept yet a very meaningful one," says Dickinson, who believes this is a field with a potential for more design thinking: "The ...
If there was a way to go back to 1965 and have a do-over on nursing home design in America, we would not create or accept institutional architecture.
PHOTO () —By Bob MoosThe Dallas Morning News (MCT)DALLAS — Even in a wheelchair and with sweat pants and T-shirt, David Dillard didn't look like the other nursing home residents.He was ...
The Pilgrim Haven skilled-care center was built in 1956 and, pending approval from Los Altos city officials, will be demolished next year and replaced by a nursing home designed by CSD Architects.