Humanistic Design of Assisted Living
Marsden, John P. (President, Midway University)![Humanistic Design of Assisted Living](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/196/19610911/CHSBZCOP0319610911.jpg)
John P. Marsden has translated research-based information into innovative and practicable design strategies that directly address those unfavorable perceptions of assisted living facilities. He discusses successful humanistic design and presents a conceptual framework, based on consumer-based research, composed of six themes: familiar housing cues, protective enclosure, caring cues, human scale, usability, and naturalness. He applied this fram...