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3/25/2025

Honghao Deng

Ask This Critical Question Before Retrofitting a Building

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Caregiving

3/19/2024

Julie Heiberger and Jon Rynish

10 Elements of Safe, Functional Bathrooms

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10/03/2023

Steven Orfield and Martha Tyson

Designing Therapeutic Gardens for a Senior Population

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5/16/2023

Robert Simonetti

Innovation in Senior Living Facilities Design

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Architecture

Ask This Critical Question Before Retrofitting a Building

3/25/2025

Each community must determine their own return on investment on retrofits. Yet as the need for senior care rises and residents demand modern buildings, the retrofit process should always start with a clear understanding of how the building is being used.

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Caregiving

10 Elements of Safe, Functional Bathrooms

3/19/2024

In a senior living facility, the bathroom is arguably the most important space to providers and their residents. Studies show that most incidents and falls occur in the bathroom.

Design

Designing Therapeutic Gardens for a Senior Population

10/03/2023

Therapeutic landscape gardens are often designed for elders in nursing homes and senior housing to provide a soothing experience for the resident that brings them outside, closer to nature, and closer to the beauty of a well-designed garden.

Design

Innovation in Senior Living Facilities Design

5/16/2023

The pandemic shone a light on senior living infrastructure that has leaders and staff of assisted living and skilled nursing facilities looking for progressive and innovative design concepts.

Design

Modern Factors in Senior Living Campus and Facility Planning

2/14/2023

Modern care communities are being created to blend care efficiency with more nuanced treatment levels.

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Best Practices for Designing Memory Care Facilities

Scott Hendrix

Volume 49, Issue 10

Memory care facilities can reduce resident confusion, frustration, and anxiety while encouraging engagement and independence in a safe environment.

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Design

Designing Spaces for Memory Care

Amy Mendoza

Volume 48, Issue 5

Memory care design has always been about limiting exit points and limiting the risk of elopement.

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Management

Design

Tunable Lighting Makes Big Impact on Residents

Patrick Connole

Volume 44, Issue 12

Tunable-white lighting is being promoted as a benefit to providers because it can improve the lighting quality of a facility through increasing light intensity levels, reducing glare, and providing better control when compared with existing systems.

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Finance

Design

What To Look For In A Turnaround Property

Imran Javaid

Volume 42, Issue 11

Success is not just about investing in a turnaround and pulling a profit; it’s also about avoiding a bad investment in the first place. Here are some things to keep an eye on when getting involved in a turnaround property.

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Management

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Design Gets Person-Centered Guidelines

Jane Rohde

Volume 41, Issue 7

A specialty subgroup of more than 40 volunteer industry experts was brought together as part of the 2014 cycle to update, improve, and create the new design guidelines for residential care communities.

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