The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID; Washington, D.C.) released its first Senior Living Resource Guide this spring to support interior designers in considering the health and well-being of older adults who want to live autonomously.
Developed by the ASID Committee on Adaptive Living, the guide offers insight into current challenges facing senior living communities, such as social isolation, the spread of illnesses, and lack of choices for leisure and living environments. It offers design solutions and tools to better support seniors.
With input from medical doctors and healthcare specialists as well as architecture and interior design professions, the committee created eight principles for the design of healthy community living. The principles include designing for autonomy, alleviating isolation, prioritizing connectivity, and integrating wellness.
With each principle, users will find a design strategy to better support seniors in shared public, semi-public, and private thresholds.
The resource tool is free to ASID members and available for a fee for non-members. For more information, visit asid.org.
