Orienting the Architect to Nursing Home Design
Year: 1965
Type: article
Abstract: NUESING HOMES have a relatively short history as specialized medical facilities.Like hospitals, they appear to have developed haphazardly in the beginning.More recently, however, they have undergone significant modi- fications as a consequence of awakened public and professional interest in seeing that the aged receive proper care.The Social Security Act of 1935, which pro¬ vided for modest monthly payments to em¬ ployed persons and their dependents upon the employee's retirement and for old age assistance to persons over 65 in need, improved the eco¬ nomic lot of the aged in the United States and resulted in an increased demand for boarding homes for the elderly.As the occupants of these homes became older, more feeble, and oftentimes ill, a demand grew for facilities of¬ fering professional nursing service.
DOI: 10.2307/4592616
Authors: S. D. Doff, E. Russell Jackson, James T. Lendrum, William C. Grobe
Language: English
Subfield: Geriatrics and Gerontology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W109671527