Nursing Home Design Guide
2006
Figure 2.14
Use of Artificial Lighting in a Resident Bedroom
New York State Veterans Home
Montrose, NY
The following illustrations demonstrate the effects of artificial lighting on a plane of
interest and the various solutions available:
Overhead
Downlighting is
effective for task-
oriented activities
such as those
found in
occupational
therapy. This
lighting technique
will allow the
Figure 2.15
Figure 2.16
individual to focus
Overhead Downlighting
Overhead Downlighting
on that surface,
Low Intensity
with Lighted End Walls
either a table or a
wall.
This lighting
technique allows
Overhead
a greater amount
Diffuse lighting is
of illumination
effective in group
over a greater
activities such as
surface area.
dining and card
playing.
Figure 2.17
Overhead Diffuse High Intensity
Office of Facilities Management
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