Main description:

This book broadens the visioning on new care environments that are designed to be inclusive, progressive, and convergent with the needs of an aging population. The contents cover a range of long-term care (LTC) settings in a single collection to address the needs of a wide audience.

Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, rethinking the spatial design of care facilities in order to prepare for future respiratory and contagious pathogens is one of the prime concerns across the globe, along with social connectedness and autonomy in care settings. This book contributes to the next generation of knowledge and understanding of the growing field of the design of technology, programs, and environments for LTC that are more effective in infection prevention and control as well as social connectedness. To address these issues, the chapters are organized in four sections:

Part I: Home- and community-based care;
Part II: Facility-based care;
Part III: Memory care and end-of-life care; and
Part IV: Evidence-based applied projects and next steps.

(Re)designing the Continuum of Care for Older Adults: The Future of Long-Term Care Settings is an essential resource for researchers, practitioners, educators, policymakers, and students associated with LTC home and healthcare settings. With diverse topics in theory, substantive issues, and methods, the contributions from notable researchers and scholars cover a range of innovative programming, environments, and technologies which can impact the changing needs and support for older adults and their families across the continuum of care.

Contents:

PART I: Home and Community-Based Care

1 Bridging the digital divide: Smart aging-in-place and the future of gerontology .Rotem Arieli, Manuela E. Faulhaber and Alex J. Bishop

2 How environmentally embedded in-home sensors are revolutionizing independent living and family caregiving: a literature review. Kari Lane and Erin Robinson

3 The home as a place for rehabilitation after stroke - Emerging empirical findings. Marie Elf and Maya Kylen

4 Adult Family Care: A home-like environment for community-based care. Kelly Munly, Karen A. Roberto and Katherine R. Allen

PART II: Facility-Based Care

5 A theory of creating at-homeness across the long-term care continuum. Sheila Molony and Jude Rabig

6 The evolution and rise of robotic health assistants: The new human-machine frontier of geriatric home care. Alex J. Bishop, Weihua Sheng, Barbara Waag Carlson and Nadia Firdausya Jones

7 Rehabilitation clinics that enhance stroke recovery: Rethinking the same-for-all design approach. Maja Kevdzija

8 Exploring the role of the built environment in person-centered care during mealtimes in an ethno-specific long-term care home. Shreemouna Gurung and Habib Chaudhury

PART III: Memory Care and End-of-Life Care

9 Designing for Dementia: An approach that works for everyone. Jeffrey W. Anderzhon

10 Communication and environmental positioning in dementia care units: dialogues through space and place. Kate de Medeiros

11 Adaptive Reuse of Closed Malls for Dementia Programs and Services: Community Focus Group Feedback. Emily Roberts and Heather Carter

12 Extending the continuum of care for people with dementia: building resilience. Gesine Marquardt and Kathrin Bueter

13 Designing the post-pandemic hospice environment: "the last place." Sharmin Kader

PART IV: Evidence-based Applied Projects and Next Steps

14 Autonomy, Identity and Design in the COVID-19 Era. Valerie Greer and Keith Diaz Moore

15 Creating a Tailored Approach: The Transformation of Jewish Senior Life. Emily Chmielewski and Melissa DeStout, Perkins Eastman

16 Flexible and Enriched Environments for Senior Living and Aging-in-Place in Dense Urban Environments. Upali Nanda and Warner Grant, HKS Architects

17 Envisioning Innovative Post-COVID Approaches Toward LTCF Design in Dense Urban Areas: Exploring an Evidence-Based Design Prototype. Hui Cai, Caroline Coleman, Dani Kolker

18 Realizing the Future of Intergenerational Environments for Aging Through Design Research. Tama Duffy Day, Stella Donovan, Laura Latham, Timothy Pittman, Sofia Song, and Nicholas Watkins, Gensler

Epilogue: Keith Diaz Moore