Our experience working with housing associations, charities, local authorities, care providers and private developers gives us a broad understanding of the increasingly diverse older population and their changing needs of care, from mainstream to specialised housing schemes such as extra care accommodation and specialist dementia care homes.
We recognise the power of the built environment to encourage active ageing, and enhance residents’ long-term health and wellbeing. On every project we seek to encourage social and community participation and design out barriers to physical activity.
Our ongoing research into better housing design for older people informs the standard we set for mainstream housing design, where we apply the principles of accessibility and adaptability to accommodate the wide ranging physical needs of our society, particularly in later life.
