There is an increasing call in society for the improvement of well-being for nursing home residents and the support of care professionals through a wide array of architectural and technological solutions that are available in modern nursing homes. This study investigated which of these solutions are …

Thermal comfort is determined by the combined effect of the six thermal comfort parameters: temperature, air moisture content, thermal radiation, air relative velocity, personal activity and clothing level as formulated by Fanger through his double heat balance equations. In conventional air conditioning …

Deze publicatie gaat over de thermische behaaglijkheid in gebouwen. De publicatie is een herziene versie van ISSO-publicatie 74 'Thermische behaaglijkheid - Eisen voor de binnentemperatuur in gebouwen' uit 2004. Deze tweede versie is breder van opzet en gaat ok in op tocht en ander lokaal discomfort. …

Discussions about the importance of the built environment for healthcare delivery extend at least as far back as Hippocrates 1 (400 BC). The iconic Florence Nightingale (1859) also strongly believed in the influence the indoor environment has on the progress of disease and recovery. Today, the role of …

BACKGROUND: At present, persons with dementia and their family caregivers in the Netherlands are not adequately supported to modify their dwellings to match their personal needs. OBJECTIVE: To facilitate aging-in-place for persons with dementia, a website was designed. METHODS: The website was designed …

At present, persons with dementia and their family caregivers in the Netherlands are not adequately supported to modify their dwellings to match their personal needs. To facilitate aging-in-place for persons with dementia, a website was designed. The website was designed with persons with dementia and …

Purpose: When designing a nursing home, architects and planners need to consider ways to provide patients and caregivers with a feeling of a natural setting and being a part of the outdoor world as well as considering themes such as having accessible gardens that take the total well-being of its residents1. …

Binnen het Expertisecentrum Gezondheidszorg en Technologie van Fontys (Fontys EGT1) loopt het meerjaarse project Verpleeghuis van de Toekomst (VETO). Binnen Fontys EGT wordt ruimte gegeven aan een minor gezondheidszorg en technologie aan derdejaars studenten, stagiaires en afstudeerders. Studenten werken …

Ageing-in-place is the preferred way of living for older individuals in an ageing society. It can be facilitated through architectural and technological solutions in the home environment. Dementia poses additional challenges when designing, constructing, or retrofitting housing facilities that support …