INTRODUCTION ATTIA CARE CENTRE

According to statistics, 10 percent of youngsters have some form of disability. Twenty to fifty percent of the elderly require critical care and assistance with daily activities. There is an urgent need to build more and more centres outlets for training, guidance, practical help, and support services for such a huge portion of the community.

For the elderly, family is seen as the primary source of support and protection. In both urban and rural areas, people who are educated, wealthy, and have strong beliefs, values, and norms respect elderly people and treat them with respect; their needs are met, and they are consulted when important decisions are to be made; as a result, elderly people enjoy and enjoy living with their children and grandchildren.

On the other hand, underprivileged, poor, and deprived individuals and families who lack the resources, finances, and other means to care for the elderly regard them as a burden and send them to old age homes where their needs can be adequately met.

Old age homes are locations where elderly individuals can seek refuge, which are developed by some social groups. All essential facilities and amenities have been provided at old age homes, and the elderly folks who are ill or require special care have had their requirements met adequately. The major issues that older people encounter in old age homes are personal and social adjustment; other issues include despair, loneliness, economic insecurity, and acquainting themselves. When an elderly person is admitted to an old age home, he is apprehensive; the environment appears alien to him, and the people around him are unfamiliar; as a result, it is difficult for him to adjust at first; however, as time passes, the person must develop his mind set in such a way that he becomes familiar with everything around him and makes his life joyful and fulfilled. There is a demand for old age homes in many cities, towns, and rural locations; the establishment of old age homes is not based on any specific principles or criteria, but the main goal is to make the lives of all older people pleased and joyful. Food, sleeping, recreation, reading, and other essential services for sufficient living are required in order to build a healthy environment.

In this regard, Attia Care Centres was picked for the project due to their capabilities. Attia

Care Centres is a fullservice assisted living facility that provides medically qualified care in a courteous and self-sustaining environment. Klang, Ipoh, Subang Jaya, Petaling Jaya, Bukit Damansara, and Taman Wahyu are among Attia Care Centre’s seven locations. In a nutshell, Attia Care Centre is a home for fulltime assisted living residents, offering medically-skilled care in a respectful and self-sustaining community. The residence is uplifting in themselves, but it is a combination of all factors – surroundings, services, care, and people – that sets us apart.

UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS OF ELDERS

OBJECTIVE & METHODOLOGY OF STUDY

THE ENJOYMENT OF HELPING ELDERS

As an architecture student, understanding the needs of elderly in terms of spatial planning and designing is very important as there is a lot we can contribute, be it on public policy front or directly in the physical environment. Designing for the elderly is complex.

There are two main issues to be considered; emotional and physical safety. Therefore, this project aims to understand the needs of elderly people while also to learn and to understand and experience their daily activities which leads to specific spaces to maintain their emotional and physical well-being.

When it comes to physical aspects, World Health Organisation (WHO) has outlined a few check-list as suggestions which are;

THIS PROJECT AIMS TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WHILE ALSO TO LEARN AND TO UNDERSTAND AND EXPERIENCE THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES WHICH LEADS TO SPECIFIC SPACES TO MAINTAIN THEIR EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING.

• Provide safe and wellkept seats and green areas

Public spaces should be clean and pleasant

• Anti-slipping flooring wide enough for a wheelchair, curbs adapted to access the roadway

Good lighting, police surveillance, and community education

• Accessible interiors guaranteeing free movement in all rooms and corridors also provide outdoor games, Gardening, Physical exercise, visiting a Park, watching movie, visiting an exciting place to cheer up the patients. They give them chance to breathe fresh air and let them amuse themselves helps in alleviating depression and helps emotion wellbeing. It also gives opportunity to meet more people, share their feelings, happiness, thoughts, and their experience.

To discover how the building comply to the needs of elderly people, observations were done to study the aim of this project which is experiencing the needs of special people in the community.

Other than that, an interview was done to get more explanation and details about the centre. The centre claimed that the patients are being checked at least 20 times from 7 am to 12 am.

During morning shift, the activities are take bath, take medicine, change bed sheet, breakfast and medical checkup. In the afternoon, the elders will do physiotherapy, exercise, massage, watching TV, eat lunch and take medicine. In the evening, they will have tea time, sitting together, gardening and do other physical activities. These activities are crucial to them to keep them moving their limbs and muscles to keep them active and healthy.

Other than that, they organise weekly and monthly activities such as haircut, nail cutting, birthday parties and others. Instead of staying at the centre for the whole time, they

They provide complete assistance to their patients who are in need for stick and wheelchair while visiting outside. They also carry food stuff and refreshing Drinking juices to rejuvenate them.

Experiencencing The Needs Of Elders

LOCATION: Graz, Austria

FOUR ATRIUMS ON THE SECOND LEVEL, AS WELL AS DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC PARK CONNECTS THE GARDEN WITH ROOMS.

EVERY COMMUNITY IS PROVIDED WITH A NURSE, A KITCHEN AND EATING SPACE, RESULTING IN A CONTROLLED AND COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT.

EACH HOUSING COMMUNITY CONSISTS OF 13 INHABITANTS

PRIVATE GARDENS FOR RESIDENTS ARE PROVIDED FOR THEM TO SOCIALIZE

EACH COMMUNITY WAS BUILT AROUND THE CONCEPT OF DISTINCT COLOURS IN ORDER TO ASSIST INHABITANTS IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS.

THE HOME IS SURROUNDED WITH NATURAL LANDSCAPE AND SETTINGS WHICH IS GOOD FOR THE ELDERS.