The Essence of Home
Subtitle: Design Solutions for Assisted Living Housing
Publisher: Wiley
Published: November 18, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780471287551
Subjects: Care of the elderly; Interior design; Design & Drafting; Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation; Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; Architecture / Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; Architecture; Barrier-free design; Congregate housing; Dwellings; Older people
First sentence: Assisted Living is a group-living arrangement for the physically and cognitively frail elderly where a wide range of individualized assistance is available 24 hours a day from a professional caregiving staff in a physical and operational environment that wholly embraces the quality and character of home.