DESIGN DETAILS FOR HEALTH	3
	CONTENTS	9
	A List of Checklists and Special Topics	13
	Foreword	15
	Acknowledgments	17
	PART ONE LONG - TERM CARE	19
	Quality of Residential Long-Term Care	20
	Design Intervention	21
	Technology	22
	Residential Long-Term Care in Other Countries	22
	Endnotes	24
	1 ASSISTED LIVING	25
	Assisted Living in Europe	26
	Assisted Living in the United States	30
	Planning Public Spaces	35
	A Note on Apartments	42
	Endnotes	43
	2 CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA	45
	Reducing Distractions	50
	Establishing Links with the Familiar, Healthy Past	51
	Providing Sensory Cues to Prompt Memory	52
	Eliminating Dangerous Options	54
	Avoiding Confrontations	56
	Encouraging Successful Social Interaction and Family Participation	57
	Releasing Excess Energy	59
	Encouraging Independence	60
	Endnotes	62
	3 HOME HEALTH CARE	63
	Design Demonstration Centers	65
	Cohousing	72
	Group Homes	75
	Independent Living	79
	Endnotes	83
	4 HOSPICE	85
	Design Criteria	88
	Privacy	88
	Comfort	89
	Support of Friends and Family	94
	Individual Choice	98
	Infection Control	99
	Security	99
	Endnotes	100
	5 SUBACUTE CARE AND REHABILITATION	103
	Design of Subacute-Care Facilities	104
	Design for Visual Acuity	104
	Design to Enhance Hearing	106
	Assistive Technology	109
	Design for Improved Cognitive Ability	110
	Design for Mobility	112
	Other Sensory Issues	115
	Design of Rehabilitation Facilities	115
	Physical Therapy	117
	Occupational Therapy	118
	Specialized Services	125
	Endnotes	130
	PART TWO AMBULATORY CARE	131
	Health-Care Cost Containment	132
	The Educated Consumer	133
	Endnotes	134
	6 DAY CARE AND RESPITE	135
	Adult Day Care and Respite	136
	Day Care for People with Dementia	146
	Child Day Care	150
	Endnotes	152
	7 MEDICAL OFFICES	155
	Accessing the Facility	155
	Registration and Waiting	160
	Examination and Consultation	169
	Self-Care	172
	Laboratory	173
	Specialized Practice	173
	Pediatrics	174
	Diagnostic Imaging Centers	177
	Ambulatory Surgery	178
	Oncology and Cancer Care	180
	Endnotes	187
	8 WELLNESS CENTERS	189
	Transforming Hospitals into Wellness Centers	193
	Design Elements	194
	Fitness Area	195
	Extended Services	199
	Locker Rooms and Wet Areas	200
	Swimming and Aqua Therapy Pools	205
	Comprehensive Services	207
	Endnotes	209
	PART THREE ACUTE-CARE HOSPITALS	211
	Endnotes	213
	9 BIRTH CENTERS	215
	Innovations in Birth Centers	215
	The Birth Room	218
	10 CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS	225
	Efficacy	226
	Comfort and Safety	230
	A Sense of Belonging	233
	Positive Distraction	236
	Endnotes	243
	11 INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC UNITS.	245
	Patient Independence	247
	Integration of the Family	249
	Public and Social Areas	249
	The Mind-Body Connection	252
	Endnotes	255
	12 GENERAL HOSPITALS	257
	Critical Trends and Issues in Acute-Care Design	258
	Cooperative Care and VIP Suites	279
	Cooperative Care Model	279
	VIP Suites	282
	Endnotes	292
	13 CRITICAL CARE.	295
	Emergency Departments	295
	Intensive Care Units	299
	Specialized Intensive Care Units	304
	Cardiac Intensive Care Units	304
	Neonatal Intensive Care Units	306
	Family Waiting	312
	Endnotes	313
	Index	315