Incorporating Universal Design for Senior Living

30 March 2023      

Senior furnishing is firmly rooted in the design of safe, comfortable, high quality, beautiful and affordable living solutions for the senior community. Our senior décor service team is solely focused upon lifting the living experience of our cherished senior community. Allow us to go to work for you.

Universal design for the elderly focuses on meeting the needs of all people who wish to use it. It is a fundamental condition of good design for everyone. It requires having the basic characteristics of a homey environment that is accessible, usable, convenient and a pleasure to use which everyone will benefit from. There are basic design features for a senior’s home environment like a no-step entry. There are no stairs to get into a universal home or into the home’s main room. The one-story living is preferable. All in one place to eat, use the bathroom and sleep are all located on one level, which is barrier-free. The spacious movement inside the home is very helpful with a wide doorway that will make it easy for seniors to move big things in and out of the house. With a wide hallway, everyone and everything moves more easily from room to room. Very convenient to transfer one thing to another. And an extra floor space will make everyone feel less cramped. And seniors in wheelchairs especially have more space to turn.

Universal design is not about accommodation. It is mainly about a good design that works for everyone. There are other universal design features that are so beneficial to the elderly. The floors and bathtubs with non-slip surfaces will help everyone in the house stay on their feet. It goes for handrails on steps and grab bars in bathrooms. Lastly, lighting is very important and will help seniors with poor vision. It will help everyone else see better, too. Universal designs for elderly homes are enormous and once incorporated inside it will be great for everyone.

Contact Senior Decor and we will help you create an environment that will be accessed, understood and used to the greatest extent possible by all people inside the senior home regardless of their age, size, ability or disability.