Are We Caring?: Dilemmas Between Home an Institution in Architectures for the Elderly

Louise Dedenroth Høj

Are We Caring? Dilemmas Between Home an Institution in Architectures for the Elderly

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Abstract

This paper explores the development of architecture for the elderly from the first Old People’s Homes towards an institutionalization of care and to contemporary models. Further, the paper explores a contemporary exemplar of a dementia care home, revealing underlying dilemmas between different needs linked to the dual function of being both a home and a place for care.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Architectures of Dismantling and Restructuring : Spaces of Danish Welfare 1970-Present
Editors	Kirsten Marie Raahauge, Deane Simpson, Martin Søberg, Katrine Lotz
Place of Publication	Lars Müller Publishers
Publication date	2022
Pages	174-215
ISBN (Print)	978-3-03778-691-8
Publication status	Published - 2022

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Are We Caring? Dilemmas Between Home an Institution in Architectures for the Elderly. / Dedenroth Høj, Louise.
Architectures of Dismantling and Restructuring: Spaces of Danish Welfare 1970-Present. ed. / Kirsten Marie Raahauge; Deane Simpson; Martin Søberg; Katrine Lotz. Lars Müller Publishers, 2022. p. 174-215.

Publications: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

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