PrecedentStudy Jeevan Jyoti Old Age Home

LOCATION: JAIPUR, INDIA

TYPE OF FACILITY:

ASSISTED LIVING ANALYSIS

• Jeevan Jyoti Old Age Home provides guidance and enlightenment through sharing valuable experiences with a strong heritage of rituals, ideals, and moral values to their existing society. Located in Pashu Hatwara,Ramgarh Road in the capital city of Jaipur, it provides lush green surroundings where all senior citizens can have a once-in-a-lifetime experience when they settle down and enjoy the natural beauty filling their heart with joy and solace.

• The facility offers manyamenities including:

• • 14luxury rooms with 42 comfortable beds

• • Intercom facility in all rooms

• • Water cooler

• • Attached lavatory and geyser

• • Elevator facility

• • 24-hour security guards with CCTV cameras and a library

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• Huge central kitchen with a dining hall for breakfast, lunch, and dinner

• • Indoor games under full premises

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• Historical monuments and spiritual centers for healthy mind and soul

• Huge central park inside the premises for recreational activities with cow ranch and farming, and a well-built pathwayfor morning and evening walks

Pros: The amenities provided for the elderly are very helpful for improvingtheir own mental health and appreciating the natural environmental setting they are in to get well faster. Since it is a largecommunity,many elderly folks can have positive interactions with one another and participate in activities like meditation and yoga. Its facilities are also top-notch which brings many seniors mental peace with beautiful landscaping to make the outdoor fun more invitingfor seniors to enjoy and be taken care of.

Cons: There are no designated zones for separate residential living, walking distance to multiplex apartments and attached townhomes. 24/7 help assistance is needed for only one senior living facility but no other amenities outside the senior facility.

Considerations For Design

The architecture of the senior living facility portrays a modern aesthetic towards a warm-muted color palette by incorporating various landscaping materials evoking a sense of peace and rejuvenation.By letting seniors relate to nature, the presence of biophilic design becomes a necessity for them to interact with others and live a healthy,meaningful life in the future. This senior living facility sits in the gated community outside of downtown filled with tall trees and small shrubs near the central park with the amount of natural light from inside the facility by adding windows to make every living space ambient without the need of interior fixtures.