Senior Center Facility Design: A Technical Assistance Guide for Providers ofServices to the Aging

摘要

This guide provides an organizational process to assist community groups with theplanning, design, and development of multipurpose senior center facilities. It recognizes that such groups may be at various stages in the development of a senior center. Some will be exploring options to expand or replace an existing facility; others will be evaluating the efficiency of their existing center and generating alternative programs or building renovations to maximize the quality of programs and spaces. The guide also recognizes the diversity of community groups. Each community will have different physical characteristics, populations, capital resources, attitudes toward aging services, and other factors that will significantly affect the type, size, and number of senior center facilities that may be constructed. No single building design or planning process will be applicable to all communities.