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THE ARCHITECT'S ANGLE

March 2013 Special Edition   

Greetings!

In this special edition, we are focusing on designing for long term care.  Our feature article discusses the evolution of long term care and how architects are dealing with today's design challenges.  The companion article centers on the integration of style and functionality into a facility's design.  Please email us your comments.  As always, we welcome your feedback.
The Evolution of Long Term Care Design: The Only Constant is Change   

As a senior care architect with over 30 years in the field, I
have experienced the evolution of long term care (LTC) centers from the "other side of the drawing board". From my perspective, the wave  
of changes started with the elimination of the old health related facility model (HRF) which was followed by the development of home based and community based alternatives such as long term  
home health care (LTHHC) and adult day health care (ADHC).
 
These changes (and a number of other factors suchas improved longevity) started to negatively impact the census of the average LTC center and changed the character of the average LTC resident; they were older, sicker, and less ambulatory than in previous decades.
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Integrated Design:
A Marriage of Style & Substance    

 

Our clients rely on us to use our experience in order to bring added value to their health care renovation projects. To this end, we
have developed a multi-disciplinary approach to design which integrates the aesthetic and technical components of a project.
Simply put, we seek to pre-coordinate the architectural, plumbing, mechanical, environmental, electrical, and fire protection
elements during the earliest stages of design.

This pre-coordination approach results in fewer costly "surprises" during the construction phase and most often allows a project to proceed along its timeline without significant delays. The result is an integrated design, delivered on-time and on-budget.
We would welcome the opportunity to share our long term care design experience with you.  Call us for a complimentary consultation.
 
Sincerely,
 
John Baumgarten
John W. Baumgar
ten Architect, P.C. 
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We can 

help

 
If you have recently been surveyed by the Deparment of Health and have been cited with a physical plant K-tag, we can help you with your plan of correction. In older facilities, we can implement a Health Department approved Fire Safety Evaluation System (FSES) and allow you to "grandfather" some original conditions that are expensive or in some cases logistically impossible to correct.

FSES is a National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) published system and allows a facility to take advantage of alternative methods of life safety outlined in NFPA 101A.
 
Call us for a complimentary consultation at (516) 939-2333 or email us at info@jwbarch.com.