The Essence of Home: Design Solutions for Assisted Living Housing

By William Burmmett and William J. Brummett

Discussing the needs of the elderly in today's society, this text provides design direction for creating assisted living housing with home-like, as opposed to institution-like character. The population need for assisted living housing will double by the year 2000. The book examines the physical and therapeutic needs of the elderly and how design can address these needs. It also discusses the practicalities, economics and regulation of assisted living housing. Included are 38 specific design problems/solutions and two detailed case studies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471287555
• ISBN13: 9780471287551
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 0.6" x 8.7"