ENVIRONMENT/BEHAVIOR/NEUROSCIENCE 377

PERSONAL SHOWERS
Showers in every resident
apartment provide dignity,
independence, and residential
character.

OUTDOOR ACCESS RAMP
Gentle interior ramp from hallway to
porch lets residents know there is a
safe and pleasant way out to the

porch and secure garden.

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v The activity room with a faux wood
floor, a desk for the |ife>qua|ity

I coordinator, and access to the porch
in and garden provides a third unique
common room for residents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“BACK HOME" VISUAL CUE

The picket fence porch with a strong
roofline clearly announca to
residents in the garden—this is the
way back home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RESIDENTIAL BACK PATIO
Cookout: and garden parties with
families on the garden patio make
everyone feel at home.

 

 

 

 

OUTDOOR PRIVACY

A solitary bench at the intersection
of the garden path and the short cut
provides a private place outdoors.

\oavrous WALKING PATH

THE PARK: A CHAN ' - Clearly delineated garden path with
AWAY CE To GET - plants and grass on both sides is

INDEPENDENCE RAMP

Ramp narrow enough to grasp Q
handrails on both sides can support ,
unstable residents to come and go
as they please.

 

 

 

 

 

tS)ev:ral benches Surrounded by . " > self evident to residents.
us es and trees look back over the

gentl slo ed ard _ OUTDOOR SECURITY

retrezt. p 9 en a peaceful A high decorative fence and building

walls create full security in the
garden and thereby offer
independence.

and resident snapshots. At the end of the walking path are a fireplace/hearth
and a living room with a television set where resident meetings are held and
small group activities are organized. In the middle of the path are a large din—
ing room and residential kitchen, and at the other end of the residence is a room
with a tile floor, where painting and other messy activities can be run.

The common rooms’ decor is varied to stimulate different moods in resi-
dents’ minds. The living room has carpet, a unique decorative border near the
ceiling, and white flowing curtains. The kitchen/dining room has windows
along one side, dining chairs and tables, a tile floor, and a residential kitchen
with wooden cabinets and a breakfast counter. The common room adjacent to
the porch and garden has less light and furniture more suited to activities such
as painting, puzzles, and games. While residents may not remember the precise

CAMOUFLAGED SIDE EXIT

Emergency ant door on side of

Z - hallway becomes I55 visible to

i l - residents—reducing their frustration
E a a a i' ' at? ' W and their attempts to leave by that