(Re)designing the Continuum of Care for Older Adults: The Future of Long-Term Care Settings

ISBN-13: 9783031209697 Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication date: 01/28/2023 Edition description: 1st ed. 2023 Pages: 362 Sales rank: 634,556 Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d) This book broadens the visioning on new care environments that are designed to be inclusive, progressive, and convergent with the needs of an aging population. The contents cover a range of long-term care (LTC) settings in a single collection to address the needs of a wide audience. Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, rethinking the spatial design of care facilities in order to prepare for future respiratory and contagious pathogens is one of the prime concerns across the globe, along with social connectedness and autonomy in care settings. This book contributes to the next generation of knowledge and understanding of the growing field of the design of technology, programs, and environments for LTC that are more effective in infection prevention and control as well as social conn