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Assisted Living Housing for the Elderly: Design Innovations from the United States and Europe Victor Regnier authored this guide to assisted living design over a decade ago, but its considerable information and nuanced ideas remain pertinent to professionals in the field. Baby boomers have never been content to blandly accept received norms. Now advancing on retirement age – the leading-edge boomers begin turning sixty next year – they have set about redefining retirement and senior living, life stages they see as too often leading to inexorable decline. To keep up, builders, developers and designers are consumed with the task of developing living spaces that will appeal to the tastes and later-life aspirations of the large, and largely wealthy, baby boomer market. No longer will the needs of seniors be glossed over; companies are responding to new, dynamic concepts of what senior living is. Most builders and marketers have realized that those who successfully cater to the demands of the mature market will realize rapid growth, particularly as the boomers move en masse towards retirement. Over a decade ago, Victor Regnier released Assisted Living Housing for the Elderly: Design Innovations from the United States and Europe, and it is still a leading sourcebook for professionals. Focusing on the physical environment of assisted living housing, Regnier makes important points about the relationship of design and therapy which have shaped the practices of assisted living community planners in the , he explores the question of developing housing in its broader context of general social policy vis-à-vis the elderly. Regnier stresses the imporance of senior living space as a social issue, facing into the largest mature population boom we've yet seen (its significance is felt more now, with the event upon us, than when the book was published). Subtly interweaving politics with matters of land use, room layout and assisted living management, he keeps continually in mind the senior citizen's need for comfort, autonomy and peace of mind. The number of senior housing facilities nationwide having more than once doubled in recent years, the industry is hardly able to keep up with itself. Administrators, staff and owners are often overwhelmed by the paperwork and regulations framing operations of such facilities, and ill-equipped to deliver consistent, good quality service to the growing market that requires it. As baby boomers join the ranks of mature adults, swelling further the demand for senior living communities, higher standards will become the norm. Victor Regnier's book, though authored before the storm, holds out a light to those professionals in the field motivated to meet and exceed expectations in serving the senior assisted living market. Back To Mature Market News → Go To The GenerationTarget.com Mature Market Bookstore → |
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