Senior Living Consulting

Pre-Design Services: Boulder City

This is a proposed retirement campus model for Boulder City, Nevada. It is designed to provide cost-effective living options, such as continuing care while aging in place, and other related services to seniors. In cooperation with Boulder City Senior Housing Services, Inc., and the City of Boulder City, we are striving to accommodate an under-served demographic—Boulder City residents with an annual income of $25,000 to $50,000. The goal is to provide a minimum of four units with a sliding scale for incomes under $25,000.

The campus is to be integrated with the overall community of Boulder City, utilizing a Healthcare Case Management model to promote aging in place. This care model coordinates services in the home by using community-based resources. The Eden Alternative™ and The Green House Project™ model are being used in conjunction with healthcare case management to provide dementia care, respite care, end time care, and other skilled nursing needs in a group home setting.

Programming: Lynchburg

The Fields Assisted Living located in Lynchburg VA, proposed an addition to their existing building. The new wing will add 34 residents, share some services, and provide new space for others. In order to maximize access to residents, all public spaces will be organized in a central location. To keep the space as open as possible, design elements such as fireplace walls and low casework are included so that each space has its own designation while providing ease of circulation and visual continuity between spaces.

Culture Change: Wharton

Wharton Care Center, part of the Uplands Retirement Village, is an existing 62 bed institutional model nursing facility that is preparing to introduce a replacement facility. In order to support its resident-focus care model a physical space program was developed. The resulting space was organized to include two “duplex” building households consisting of 31 residents each. Budget constraints required including some double occupancy units, which include alcoves for each resident to maximize privacy. To better understand spatial needs, JSR provided mock-ups of the room layouts for the staff and residents to review. With the help of these design studies JSR was able to provide the client with a well organized and functional space.

Design: The Lenox on the Lake

The Lenox on the Lake is a new 127 unit assisted living project located in Lauderhill, Florida. The building includes 34 individual units combined into households for dementia care. Each household includes 17 units, a kitchen, great room, and an activity/living room. The program also includes Snoezelen Rooms and Experiential Living Alcoves for life skills. As these households are contained in a four story building, JSR found it essential to properly coordinate their layout for the best functional use possible. The designers worked with the program layout to create a logical flow and ease of wayfinding. The thematic distinctions of each space creates unique areas that not only provide a visual aesthetic but also orient the resident and visitor and informs them of location-specific usage (such as the life skills stations).

The client hired JSR Associates, Inc. to provide senior living consulting, operational programming and integration, interior architectural and design, drawing coordination, casework design, interior space planning, finishes and furniture selection and documentation, and electrical and nurse call coordination for the project. The early design phases included an analysis of the facility’s operational and organization functions from which to formulate an architectural layout that would support these functions.