YUAN & LING’S JOURNEY

Yuan and Ling have been married for 58 years and have three children and seven grandchildren. They decided to settle at Canterbury Court to be close to there family and to be able to be involved in their lives.

They decided to move to an assisted living facility because they did not feel confident living on their own. Yuan currently uses a cane and in the coming years may have to use a wheelchair. While Ling has diabetes that has become more difficult for her to control without help.

Yuan will need a place that will be able to adapt to using a wheelchair in the future and Ling needs plenty of room to be able to store her medication and testing equipment.

Design Goals

To have a space that can adapt to their changing medical needs.

Provide spaces for them to entertain family and other residents of Canterbury Court.

To have clear sight lines in the public areas of the unit so that medical staff can quickly evaluate any situation when they enter.

Meet ADA guidelines through a barrier free environment while not feeling like an institutional environment.

Provide a space that the occupants can set out an medication or testing equipment without interference.

Considerations In Layout

PUBLIC vs. PRIVATE NOISE LIGHT & VIEW

All public areas are connected to each other with the semi public and private areas branch off of the public areas.

By eliminating barriers in the public areas it allows for these rooms to all benefit from natural daylight and the surrounding views.

Since each area of privacy is nearby or adjacent to each other the noise levels with not interfere with the different areas.

Design Goals Met

The open barrier free space allows the users to change the furniture based on their future needs and allows the next tenants to be able to customize the space for themselves.

Open space allows for the users to be able to entertain large groups of people and large walk ways allow for anyone using a mobility device to navigate through the space.

The barrier free environment allows for medical staff to be able to quickly see where they are needed when they enter the space.

Large work areas in the kitchen allow the users to be able to set out and organize and medication or medical testing equipment for easy use.