February 17, 2012
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Interest in senior living design has grown in recent years. With that in mind, we're introducing a new enewsletter and expanded print product, offering news, trends, products and a showcase for innovative design and remodel/renovation projects.
February 16, 2012 Long-Term Living
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The conference, to be held April 29 - May 1 at Disney's Contemporary Resort in Orlando, will immerse attendees in the best practices in building, architecture and design and provide the industry’s best insights into the future of senior living.
February 14, 2012 Steven Piazza
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Investing in renovation can be a particularly challenging process. Understanding the potential for return on the renovation investment should be a critical step in the decision making process.
February 13, 2012
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Sunrise Senior Living has partnered with Emily Henderson, host of HGTV’s Secrets From a Stylist, on a campaign to educate its assisted living residents on design and aging.
February 10, 2012 Julie Heiberger, AIA, NCARB, LEED BD&C
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By targeting your design strategy on areas in your facility that are sure to make a difference, you can make some big improvements to your property—without breaking the bank.
February 8, 2012 Lisa Cini, ASID
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As the focus on baby boomers entering the senior living housing market becomes more prominent in the United States, an odd phenomenon is occurring—new developers don't understand what needs to be in a facility.
February 7, 2012 Gary Koerner, AIA, NCARB; and Rocky Berg, AIA, NCARB
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Community integration and engagement is the new design mantra for senior housing. Senior communities will be inclusive living environments, instead of islands of exclusivity.
February 1, 2012 Roel C. Ventura
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Aromatherapy and its sensory effects on human emotion, productivity when used in the indoor environments of healthcare facilities. There are many reasons to consider the incorporation of scenting into any environment.
January 30, 2012 Dan Lee, AAHID, AIA, ASID, EDAC
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We don’t know as much about how infections start within the senior living environment as in acute care settings. But the essentials of infection transfer remain the same.
January 18, 2012 Mitchell S. Elliott, AIA
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Beyond verbal communication, I wondered how else we may be devaluing our team members who work so closely with residents. Consider these questions about the design of your environments—and the messages they send to employees.
December 12, 2011 Richard L. Peck, Contributing Editor
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Editor's note: Last month, Long-Term Living readers were treated to five of Richard Peck's predictions for the industry in the coming years
November 28, 2011 Kathleen Mears
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My adjustable home care bed was put in storage 15 years ago, when I first moved into a nursing home. I then had to sleep in one of the facility’s
