Building Type Basics for Senior Living

Preface xvii
 
Acknowledgments xix
 
1. Senior Living Today 1
 
2. Programming & Planning Guidelines 13
 
3. The Future of Senior Living 125
 
4. Project Process and Management 149
 
5. Site Planning, Parking, and Landscape Design 169
 
6. Building Codes 183
 
7. Sustainability 193
 
8. Structural Systems 205
 
9. Mechanical, Plumbing, Fire-Protection, And Electrical Systems 215
 
10. Communications and Low-Voltage Electrical Systems 235
 
11. Special Technologies 241
 
12. Products And Equipment 245
 
13. Acoustics 255
 
14. Lighting Design 265
 
15. Interior Design 279
 
16. Renovation, Restoration, and Adaptive Reuse 299
 
17. International Challenges 307
 
18. Operation and Maintenance 325
 
19. Cost Management 335
 
20. Finances and Feasibility 343
 
Appendix A: Unit Types and Sizes for Senior Living 351
 
Appendix B: Building Net-to-Gross Factors for Senior Living 352
 
Appendix C: Geriatric Clinic: Typical Program Components 353
 
Appendix D: Sample Large Outpatient Clinic Program 354
 
Appendix E: Sample Enhanced Retirement Community Clinic Program 355
 
Appendix F: Adult Day Care: Sample Program for 50 Participants 356
 
Appendix G: Long-Term Care Gross Area per Bed Guidelines 358
 
Appendix H: Typical Long-Term Care Program Components 359
 
Appendix I: Sample Program: Long-Term Care, 126 Bed, 4-Story (and Basement) Neighborhood/Household Model 360
 
Appendix J: Freestanding 75-Unit, 3-Story Assisted Living Facility with 20-Bed Memory-Support Neighborhood 366
 
Appendix K: Sample Program for 40-person Memory-Care Residence 369
 
Appendix L: Sample Program for Independent Living with Services Building--150 Units, 4 Stories, 2 Wings 371
 
Appendix M: CCRC Program 375
 
Appendix N: Enhanced CCRC Therapy Program

L. BRADFORD PERKINS, FAIA, MRAIC, AICP, is the founder and Chairman of Perkins Eastman, an international architectural, interior design, and planning firm based in New York with eight additional offices in North America and four more around the world. He is author or coauthor of three books published by Wiley: International Practice for Architects; Building Type Basics for Elementary and Secondary Schools, Second Edition; and Architect's Essentials of Starting, Assessing, and Transitioning a Design Firm.
 
J. DAVID HOGLUND, FAIA, LEED AP, is the President of Perkins Eastman and the firm's National Practice Leader for Senior Living. Over a dozen Perkins Eastman principals and senior staff contributed to this book.