Browsing by Subject "Older people -- Dwellings."
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Accessibility Through Design
(North Dakota State University, 2013)This thesis, Accessibility Through Design, will seek to explore the question: How can the design of a long-term care facility help promote physical and social accessibility of the elderly within an urban fabric, so as to ... -
Enhanced Assisted Living: An Architectural Strategy to Reduce the Negative Effects for Society Caused by Aging Population
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Due to the emergence of large numbers of elderly people as the Baby Boomer generation ages and the life span extended, an aging population has become a serious issue for modern society with far-reaching economic and ... -
Infilling the Aging: A Holistic Approach to Urban Care Environments
(North Dakota State University, 2012)“Infilling the Aging: A Holistic Approach to Care Environments” adresses the need for an improved connection between family, community, and those in care-based living. It addresses this issue by questioning the difference ... -
Reconnect the aging: residential assisted living for the elders in a Great Plains small town
(North Dakota State University, 2013)This thesis project, Reconnect the Aging: Residential Assisted Living for the Elders in a Great Plains Small Town, addresses forgotten and unnoticed elderly in society and how they can be reconnected to the surrounding ... -
Serene Senescence: Modular Aging in Place in Fargo, North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2017)As the population of baby boomers reaches retirement age, the question of how to house and properly care for this generation comes to mind. Many of the smaller living spaces geared toward the senior population are ...