Health promotion by design in elderly care / Alan Dilani, Agneta Morelli.

"The purpose of this study is to investigate the requirements of health promotion by design in elderly care. The overall goal is to create conditions through supportive design for promoting healthy living and working environments. Initially the development of elderly care in Sweden is introduced. Some perspectives on aging as a phenomenon and on elderly care in organizational perspective are described. The results of this report points to a much needed development of new values in elderly care. This progress requires an integrated effort based on understanding the interaction between the physical environment and the human being. Today's elderly care is dominated by traditional medical treatment methods. Through the use of non-pharmacological approaches the precondition of health for the elderly will be improved. The outcome is a presentation of essential design solutions including the requirements for healthy living and working environments in elderly care. The report is summed up with a number of suggestions for further research and future development of health promotion by design in elderly care. This report is addressed to researchers, health care professionals, decision makers, project coordinators, planners and developers working within elderly care as well as politicians, architects and those who care about health promotion by design in elderly care"--Back cover.