REMODEL FOR SUCCESS - CREATE VIBRANT COMMUNITY SPACES Get the most bang for your buck

Todays Challenges Reduced Occupancy Tight Budget Aging Facilities Aging Facility Population Discerning Consumers

Findings Based on 2009 Post Occupancy Evaluations with the Seattle AIA Design for Aging Committee PARK SHORE, SEATTLE EVALUATION TEAM HORIZON HOUSE, SEATTLE EVALUATION TEAM

The most critical factor for seniors selecting where they want to live is …A Sense of Community Longevity is also related to social connections Result #1

What do People Want as they Age?

People want to continue to enjoy their lifestyle…So with decreased energy & mobility… Bring their lifestyle to them. Create Vibrant Community Spaces Design has a critical role to play

Result #2 - How do you Create Vibrant Social Space?

WASHINGTON OAKES, EVERETT, WA. Central Central hub where people come & go. Abundance of natural light from multiple sides. Variety of light fixtures. What Makes a Vibrant Social Space?

WASHINGTON OAKES, EVERETT, WA. Comfortable seating –a variety of seating options. People watching opportunity. A people draw – coffee, food, activities, other people. What Makes a Vibrant Social Space?

Central Hub Elements

Result #3 - What were the most popular Vibrant Social Spaces? PARK PLACE, SEATTLE MITHUN Bistro Cafe

VIBRANT COMMUNITY ENTRY Vibrant Community Entry Vibrant Community Entry Moderate sized community of 150 residents, 3 floors: Central point of entry & circulation. Vibrancy of community is readily visible from entry. Reception is discretely to the side. Popular Fire Side Lounge on axis with entry but at a spacious distance

Our study suggests that the most effective places to remodel are : Front Entry Central Commons & Hub of Community

VIBRANT ENTRY THE SUMMIT MITHUN SOPHISTICATED PROTECTING BRIGHT

VIBRANT ENTRY SAGE ARCHITECTURAL ALLIANCE WHILE AT MITHUN

VIBRANT ENTRY SAGE ARCHITECTURAL ALLIANCE WHILE AT MITHUN

INNOVATIONS that foster relationships with INNOVATIONS that foster relationships with the general multi-age community the general multi-age community Ankrom Moisan Living Care, Yakima Ankrom Moisan Central location Bistro-Café with good food. Great space with light from high clerestories windows Living Care, Yakima Ankrom Moisan Intergenerational Space Residents Family members Employees from neighboring businesses who have discovered the lunch venue Living Care, Yakima Ankrom Moisan Third Place Books, Seattle Integration with Market Housing & Mixed Use MERRILL GARDENS, SEATTLE RUNBERG ARCHITECTURE

Ankrom Moisan

Village Center Concept Village Center Concept Ankrom Moisan Living Care, Yakima Ankrom Moisan Central location Bistro-Café with good food. Great space with light from high clerestories windows Living Care, Yakima Ankrom Moisan

Result #4 - Vibrant Social Spaces In high acuity & dementia care? HORIZON HOUSE, SEATTLE NBBJ

Alternative to the Nurse Station

How to Keep Seniors in their Independent Units? Fanno Creak, OR Elite Care

Recommendations to update and add value to Skilled Nursing : 1. A welcoming vibrant entry 2. A greenhouse- style kitchen-dining- activity space serving 12 to 24 residents that provide social connection with cooks, caregivers, and residents. 3. Remove the nurse station 4. Conceal all institutional elements that can not be eliminated.

Creating Vibrant Community Space In skilled nursing? THE MOUNT ST. VINCENT, SEATTLE DYKE TURNER ARCHITECT

Supported Living Supported Living HORIZON HOUSE, SEATTLE NBBJ

HORIZON HOUSE, SEATTLE NBBJ BELLETTINI WATTENBARGER ARCHITECTS Demonstration Kitchen PERKINS EASTMAN SECHRIST DESIGN WATTENBARGER ANGEL WINGS

And now Melinda Sechrist will give her perspective of how to get the most value in a remodel.

We visited communities that had almost every type of imaginable amenity space distributed throughout the community – but these spaces were largely empty- thats not vibrancy. We found the vibrant spaces almost exclusively at the central hub where the right design steps were taken