The senior living landscape and models are shifting. The long standing perception of senior living facilities as lonely places in long gone. Providers are not shifting to resident centered care models.
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The professionals of PRA are deeply involved in the industries of our clients and innovate new ideas on each project. We share notable ideas as whitepapers to help the industry evolve and with hopes that clients may find ideas useful to their operations.
Future Trends in Senior Living Care
It’s no secret that senior living care facilities and models of care are changing. Gone is the perception of long-term care facilities as places of loneliness, limitation and illness. Providers are shifting their culture to resident-centered care models.
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Read MoreClassroom Flexibility is Key in the Future – Designing for the 21st Century Learner
Classroom design for the 21st Century learning environment should accommodate a variety of learning skills and needs. The space should be large enough to be reconfigurable to accommodate a number of learning activities. This also includes furniture that provides flexibility to the learning spaces which will accommodate collaboration and interactive work between students and teachers.
Read MoreBreakthroughs in University Lab Design
The complexity of design in today’s university laboratories requires an innovative project approach. The design team for the new Microbial Sciences Building at the University of Wisconsin – Madison faced a challenging interdisciplinary collaboration: three departments planned to share lab space in a single building. This visionary concept in academia demanded an all-new project approach from the design teams at CO Architects, Plunkett Raysich Architects LLP (PRA), and lab consultant Earl Walls Associates. The project consolidates and enables UW-Madison’s multidisciplinary program in Microbial Sciences.
Read MoreCan School Buildings Be Safe?
The response to the question is yes, but only if extra planning and care are taken to nurture a safe environment, free from extremes.
Read MoreInnovative Science Room Design for the Next Generation
In April 2013, a new set of voluntary, rigorous and internationally benchmarked standards for K-12 science education were released. The standards, known formally as the Next Generation Science Standards, were developed, written and revised by a team of teachers and education leaders from 26 different states across the country.
Read MoreA Green Approach to Long Term Care for Veterans
The Community Living Center (CLC) project for the VA Tomah Medical Center campus challenged and inspired PRA’s design team to create something more than just a veteran care center. We hoped to create a home for veterans to age in one place, regardless of how their health may change.
Read MoreCounty Skilled Nursing Facility Design
Despite budget challenges and rising healthcare costs, Wisconsin County governments are finding innovative ways to provide high quality care for their aging residents. While part of the formula for success has been leveraging state and federal incentives to “right-size” care facilities, counties have also reduced the financial impact on taxpayers by implementing efficiencies in skilled nursing care.
Read MoreLower Your Operating Costs with a Building Space Analysis
With the economy struggling to get back on its feet, many long-term care and senior living providers are looking for innovative opportunities that will not only help them survive in the short-term, but improve their industry position over the long term.
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