Nursing Home Design Guide
2006
II (Heavy)
recommendations when designing
III (Extra Heavy)
interiors:
The above classifications fluctuate
Resident Rooms
Sheet vinyl and VCT
according to use. In a Nursing Home
environment, the resident room is
Resident Bathrooms ; Tile to Carpet
considered Class II, while the staff
(See Figure 2.21)
station and corridors are considered
Ceramic tile and sheet vinyl
Class III. The transition of finishes must
Public Spaces (wall base)
be considered. (See Figure 2.20)
Rubber cove base, vinyl cove base,
and stain grade wood base in oak,
maple and cherry
Figure 2.20
Finish Transition from Resident Area to
Figure 2.21
Corridor
State Veterans Home at Fitzsimons, Aurora, CO
Pattern and Surface Choices at Bathing Area
US Soldiers and Airmen's Retirement Home
The following are the top 10 specified
Washington, DC
materials in the healthcare industry
listed in order of preference. Refer to
2. Walls
item 2.3.9 for specific benefits:
Walls are not seen only as a form of
enclosure and privacy, but also as a
VCT
form of support and guidance. The
Sheet vinyl
elderly often support themselves by
Broadloom carpet
holding onto the walls while performing
Vinyl-backed carpet
their daily activities. Certain materials,
Ceramic tile
textures, and colors should be
Carpet tile
encouraged while planning the interior
Vinyl plank flooring
design of the facility. Consider the
Linoleum
following:
Rubber flooring
Poured flooring
Resident Rooms (wall finishes)
Water/latex-based paint, Type II vinyl
Each of these products are viable
wall covering, rigid vinyl sheet/corner
choices, but consider these
guards, wall covering borders
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