McKnight’s Senior Living July 1, 2024
Healthcare and the environments in which it is offered are being reimagined. With more 1,200 studies showing how such campus designs influence resident and patient healing, it’s important to keep an eye on what’s working and plan today to remain competitive in the future. And although such environments have long been typecast as, well, clinical, forward-thinking settings, including assisted living communities, nursing homes and hospitals, now are striving to create wellness centers that are not only comfortable and convenient for residents and patients but also offer more inviting experiences for visitors.
As a principal at EDSA, a planning, landscape architecture and urban design firm, my team and I have worked directly with care-focused organizations, real estate developers, medical professionals and...