Assisted living design

Each unit in this assisted living facility is designed with functionality in mind, making the most of its compact layout with a bed, a dining space, a kitchenette, and a spacious bathroom.

Avoid these mistakes to ensure your facility is more livable for the exacting Baby Boom generation, says designer Mary Cook.

In this series on innovative spaces, the founders of the Chicago-based Harken Interiors tell us how they designed an assisted living community that "prioritized comfort and safety, casual sophistication, and appeal to residents and their networks of families and friends."

Image 41 of 53 from gallery of Veronica House Elderly Care Facility / f m b architekten. Plan

Gensler designed Fountainview at Gonda Westside to be a luxury retirement community for active, independent living.

As architects, we want to believe that our memory care facility designs benefit loved ones that are living with dementia. However, despite our best efforts, sometimes the opposite is true. Environments created without the resident’s best interest in mind can lead to the stereotypical negative behaviors seen in memory care facilities. It is truly heartbreaking

Image 6 of 9 from gallery of Nursing & Retiree Home / Firma d.o.o.. ground floor plan

Gensler is a global architecture, design, and planning firm with 57 offices and 6,000+ professionals across the Americas, Europe, Greater China, and APME.

As part of their VDF school show, York St John interior design graduates present elderly housing that tackles loneliness and accomodates for dementia.