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Destined to become the defining work on the subject, this timely reference addresses the single fastest growing segment of the senior living industry -- assisted living for those who are unable to live independently but who do not need intensive nursing home care, meals, housekeeping, or twenty-four hour access to medical assistance. Victor Regniers visually rich guide includes dozens of design solutions from successful assisted living facilities along with fifteen case studies from the U.S. and Europe. The book also covers recent developments in the industry including major changes in financing, growth of dementia, and interest in aging-in-place. All in all, this is the most comprehensive guide to assisted living design that you'll find in any single volume.
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Architecture The Accessible Housing Design File Barrier Free Environments, Inc. "… an invaluable resource to everyone involved with the design, construction, and management of housing for older and disabled individuals. The amount of information on each topics is the most extensive I have ever seen.…" —Elaine Ostroff, Adaptive Environments Center Boston, Massachusetts New legislation on accessibility has made it tough for designers and builders to create environments that are both aesthetically pleasing and accommodate people with disabilities The Accessible Housing Design File helps you comply with the latest accessibility standards and keep up with the increasing demand for more universal housing. Responding to the accessibility standards established by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Housing Amendments Act (FHAA), this guide covers the special design and construction considerations of environments for people with mobility impairments. It also contains some design solutions to access problems for people with visual and hearing impairments. Both interior and exterior environments are addressed in chapters that take you from site planning through selection of door hardware. Site designs, room layouts, floor plans, jargon-free explanations, and 300 detailed illustrations convey whole settings and provide you with fully dimensioned solutions to tough design problems. These design solutions will help you to create new housing as well as renovate existing single- and multi-family residences to increase accessibility. The Accessible Housing Design File emphasizes both universally usable and marketable environments that have excellent resale value. It covers the full gamut of accessible design and construction options for:
- Vehicular transportation and parking—Accessible vans, carports, and garages
- Site design and entrances—House placement, sloping sites, walks, crossings, bridges, lifts, ramps, and handrails
- Doors and doorways—Handles, locks, power openers, hallways, floor space, screen and storm doors, door widening, and door swings
- Windows—Forward reach and side reach windows, power operators, and windows as exits
- Kitchens—Knee and turnaround space, adjustable-height cabinets and counters, appliance siting, and control and handle placement
- Bathrooms—Grab bars, hydraulic seats, portable boom lifts, overhead track lifts, removable tub seats, tub controls, transfer and roll-in showers, and lavatory design
- Bedrooms—Maneuvering space and clearances, transfers at beds, lifts, communications and control systems, emergency exits, and equipment storage
As the percentage of elderly in our population increases and the civil rights of America's 43 million disabled citizens become better recognized, the need to create versatile environments that meet the needs of all potential users will continue to grow. This guide helps meet that need, making it essential reading for professional housing designers, specialists in aging and rehabilitation, and others involved in the design, manufacture, and construction of housing.
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Aging -in-place design.......2007-05-25
This is an excellent, easy to read book with large print and good drawings. It covers all aspects in detail. If you want to remodel or build this book will tell you in very easy to understand language what to do.
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This is a very informative book.......2007-07-19
This book provides a lot of good information about building an accessible home. It is more oriented towards new construction, however, it includes a chapter regarding remodeling and a lot of the ideas for accessible new construction could potentially be incorporated into an existing home. This is the best resource on this topic that I have found so far.
WELL WORTH IT!.......2005-01-28
Although the book is a little dated (1994) the concepts are great and something anyone building or remodeling a home should consider.
Don't assume your builder already knows how to build for a lifetime.
The BEST Book ANYONE Can Read Before Building Their Own Home.......2002-04-21
I got this book because I was planning to build a house which I want to be accessible for future years. This book was really more than I bargained for. I think EVERYONE should read this book before designing their home, even if they think they don't care about needs for future years. One of the best features of this book is that it points out where required accessibilty, or accessibility standards are often completely insufficient--probably because they were developed by able-bodied people. They have now done a lot of research on what gives people trouble, and improvements on the required standards that are far better. This book covers every aspect and room of your home, inside and outside. It is well-written, in plain English, with plenty of pictures and drawings that are EASY to comprehend. This book is expensive, but well-worth every penny.
Answers question of where do I put..., how high should it be.......1998-09-07
It really helps to lead you in the design and placement of all items and objects, as well as the general layout of you houseplan, rooms and location of house on lot, to make it more convenient and easier for you to get around no matter what your age, height, or physical strength is. It helps you decide the right height for switches, outlets, windows, etc., where they should be in proximity to doorways, beds, work zones, etc. It also gives a good discussion on types of lighting, why and where each is best suited, types of switches, step heights, ramp heights and lengths, the need for less steps, proposing the need to consider letting mechanical aids do the work rather than tired or frail and aging bodies. Helps lead you to the thoughts of doing your exercise in the gym and not be forced to do it in the house. Gives an excellent discussion of what and how for heating, air conditioning, lighting, everthing that goes into a house. It also gives excellent pointers as to what scales to use in creating your house plan drawings to avoid confusion and mistakes by the builder in implementing your plans. Compares accessible building standards to the currently accepted building standards and provides the reason for the departures from the norm. A lot of information is provided on the methods of testing and developing the standards that this text espouses, sort of like in depth and pragmatic time and motion studies. Much of this can be ignored by the reader, but for the doubters out there it does fully explain and support the standards and approaches provided.
Required reading for home building/remodeling.......1998-05-20
The best single volume I've seen on designing a house that works for you (not against you) throughout your lifetime. Excellent information on decline of strength and ability with age, and some excellent ideas on making a "handicapped accessible home" that looks like a thoughtfully designed home instead of a hospital. Plenty of real-life examples, many of them no more costly to implement than the standard US housing market styles, and solid information on remodeling to fit needs.
Written for the general public, not specialized professions like architect, contractor, etc., it is readable and practical. It is designed to help you think through the possibilities rather than offering cookbook solutions and plans.
It should also be required reading for church building committee members, etc, though not officially addressing churches and other public buildings.
Buildings well-designed to meet the needs of people with various disabilities are also well-designed to meet the needs of people without disabilities. This book will help you do just that.
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Accessible Housing by Design: Universal Design Principles in Practice
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There's a large and growing market for universal design in housing, but little information available to professionals on how to achieve it. In this first-of-its-kind implementation guide, you'll learn how to incorporate all the elements of universal design and barrier-free access into everything from a single-family home to a retirement communityNeasily, attractively, and at modest or no additional cost. Learn how to seamlessly integrate ramps, hands-free controls, special bathroom and kitchen features, visual- and hearing-impairment aids, remote-control devices and more into your plans. Contains color photos, eye-catching icons, checklists, and a directory of suppliers of accessible products.
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Photo OP matched with good information........2000-06-22
Forty of the 120 pages are Checklist and Graphic Guidelines. It is nice to have them in one place; they are detailed, incorporating issues such as the environment. Accept for grab bars, etc. there is not much that I would consider of "modest or no additional cost," as the book jacket purports. Focus is on open floor designs, but also has tighter schemes. Great photos are matched with good information, that I haven't found elsewhere.
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The guide that takes the guesswork out of Fair Housing Act Accessibility Guidelines conformance
The Federal government is stepping up its enforcement of the Fair Housing Act Accessibility Guidelines, and failure to comply with these guidelines can result in a complaint for discriminatory housing practice. A Basic Guide to Fair Housing Accessibility enables building professionals to avoid these charges with clear, concise interpretations of the Guidelines and descriptive illustrations of proper conformance.
Inspired by the author's HUD-sponsored review of nearly 400 built projects, this compact yet comprehensive guide reviews the guidelines for conformance with the seven basic design and construction requirements of the Fair Housing Amendments Act, from accessible building entrances to usable kitchens, and points out common conformance errors made by architects, builders, and developers.
This practical, easy-to-follow handbook:
- Demystifies accessibility guidelines and reduces the risk of litigation
- Explains which buildings and units are covered by the law
- Provides a compliance checklist for multifamily housing design and construction
Featuring only the facts and technical guidance needed to help ensure conformance with the Guidelines, A Basic Guide to Fair Housing Accessibility is an indispensable resource for architects, builders, contractors, site engineers, and developers who need to know that their work is in conformance with Federal guidelines.
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This thin little book is worth the money.......2007-06-08
This book should be the first resource for anyone wanting to educate themselves in FHA design problems. The author clearly lays out the issues in a manner that instills confidence in a subject with many variables. It is also delitefully easy to read. I actually took it on vacation with me.
Why Buy A Reprint of a Government Document.......2004-08-19
It's bad enough to have persons without disabilities profit from their work and advocacy, but it's particularly offensive to copy to works of both Government and Ron Mace, put their name on it and call it an original work.
Shame on this book...
A Teacher helping a student's family.......2001-08-28
I am an elementary school teacher. This passed school year, I had a student whose mother was in a wheelchair. We spoke about his motherýs situation and the difficulty his mother had getting into their home and maneuvering around the house. The doors of the house are too narrow; there isnýt enough space in the bathroom for her to safely transfer out of the wheelchair onto the toilet. Also, the mother has received many burns from reaching over boiling pots to turn the knobs on and off. I decided to do some research over the summer for this family regarding how homes can be made to be more accessible for people with disabilities. I came across this book in the search for books and decided to by it. I found the book to be well-written, clear and concise, and easy to read. The diagrams also added to the readability. They were very useful in giving a visual explanation. This book opened my eyes to many issues regarding the accessibility of people with disabilities.
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ACCESSIBLE HOUSING: QUALITY, DISABILITY, AND DESIGN
Rob Imrie
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This book considers the interrelationships between disability and housing design with a focus on the role of policy in addressing the housing needs of disabled people. The book will set out some of the broader debates about the nature of housing, quality and design: in what ways is domestic design and architecture implicated in inhibiting or facilitating mobility and movement of people; what is the nature of government regulation and policy in relation to the design of home environments. To date there is little or no knowledge about the range of approaches to accessible design in housing nor how far policies and practices are adequate or not in creating accessible home environments. This book will go some way to address this shortfall in knowledge.
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Accessible Housing
Leon A. Frechette
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Design/remodel barrier-free housing yourself. Here's the first nuts-and-bolts, how-to guide for builders and remodelers designing or retro-fitting homes for the physically-disabled and elderly. In Leon A. Frechette's Accessible Housing you'll find ready-to-use floor plans for every room in the house--tools and techniques for calculating stairway risers and treads--guidelines for determining doorway and window dimensions, counter and bathtub heights, and other code-related issues--installation instructions for intercoms and alarms--barrier-free building codes for commercial multi-family housing units--and more. It's your key to unlocking the door to barrier-free residential work!
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I'd like to ask Mr. Burk for a recommendation.......2002-07-24
I checked out "Accessible Housing" from the library and found it quite informative, but then again, I am not an architect. Would you recommend a book on this subject that is better to read?
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Accessible Housing by Leon.......2000-01-06
Don't bother buying this book if you are an architect, which I am. This is not a truly good reference book to aid in the design process. It does not have enough ADA criteria illustrated in graphic form to make it a quick graphical reference. It requires lots of time to wade through Leon's verbose presentation of poorly indexed information. Leon likes to hear himself talk more than getting to the point for the needs of the reader. Obviously the book was written for profit, not as an aid for others. I would not have bought this book if I had seen it first.
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In Detail: Housing for People of All Ages: flexible, unrestricted, senior-friendly (In Detail (englisch))
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Communal living, intergenerational living, living for families, handicap-accessible living, living and working, living and leisure time – the wide variety of current demands is shaping future concepts in housing, which will have to do justice to the needs of our increasingly multilayered society. The examples in this new volume in the In Detail series are correspondingly diverse. From the demand for stroller- and wheelchairaccessible housing through facilities that accommodate the needs of senior citizens all the way to the modernization of existing buildings, the selection of projects offers a panoramic overview.
Organized thematically, In Detail: Integrated Housing highlights a variety of well-defined topics, such as handicap-accessibility and flexibility of use, and presents them together with explanatory technical articles and examples of realized projects. In closing, it provides addresses of information centers and associations as well as sources of additional information.
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