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Memory Care for Alzheimers: No idea was too big or too bold while Jean Makesh was designing his new memory-care homes.

ELKHART — Suzie Phillips has been caring at home for her husband Truman, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2014. He’s in the middle stages of the disease and they’re both ready for another level of care.

A new senior housing community in the metropolitan Atlanta market highlights a forward thinking approach to senior housing development and design, with

Interior design tips to make hospice bedrooms more peaceful. Get 4 top tips from Innova, covering colours, furniture and accessories.

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

FAMILIES ACROSS THE NATION ENTRUST nursing homes with the health and dignity of their loved ones. Finding the right facility is not just about numbers; it’s about ensuring your family members receive the care and attention they deserve.

Here are eight senior living communities that offer their residents memory care, an important service for residents who need this specialized care.

Jean Makesh, CEO of Lantern assisted living facilities, believes that unnatural environments and schedules prompt conflicts and he has designed a facility that supports rather than works against dementia patients. Each resident gets a "home" on a quiet indoor street reminiscent of a local neighborhood. The usual panel ceiling is replaced with a digital sky, which changes according to the time of day to help keep biological clocks in tune. Image credit: Upworthy.com, 2016.

This continuing care retirement community undertook a strategic re-thinking of the long-term care offerings within their community. They set forth “Project ReNew” to fulfill their mission as well as to take advantage of new health care licenses offered by the State of New York that allow higher levels of care within Assisted Living residences, and … Continued

SEA worked with our client, Salem Health, to complete the design and construction of this new medical office building. The building features a Primary Care Clinic, Urgent Care Clinic, Laboratory, and Imaging Department. The project is a rural health facility that serves the needs and performs outreach for the community of Woodburn, Oregon. #healthcarearchitecture #healthcare #healthcareinteriordesign #healthcaredesign #medicalclinicdesigninteriors #hospital #clinicdesign…

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

Image 5 of 29 from gallery of Yiyuan Service Centre for the Elderly / Beijing Tianhua Northern Architectural Design. Photograph by Hui Zhang

There are important factors to consider when designing the architecture of senior living facilities that keep residents happy and healthy. Learn more!

While assisted living and continuing care retirement community (CCRC) developers were going like gangbusters a few short years ago, the picture is quite different today. Granted, there’s still an estimated 77 million aging baby boomers. But a combination of the housing market crisis and “aging in place” trends has kept many boomers at home.

Debra Carberry, nurse specialist for older people at Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust, has seen how imaginative changes in the hospital environment can cheer, calm and console patients with dementia