Nursing Home Design Guide
2006
3.0 PLANNING AND DESIGN DATA
efficient net and gross areas.
3.1
Resident Bedroom
Functional bedrooms do not diminish
the need for a functional overall unit and
3.1.1 General
building.
The resident bedroom has typically
2. Individual Private Bedrooms and
been utilized as an environment for
Bathrooms
private living space and personal care.
The recommendation of this VA Design
It is also one of several settings that a
Guide is to provide an individual
resident will occupy each day, but the
bedroom for each resident. Ideally, this
only setting where personal items may
room also has its own bathroom.
be displayed and/or stored and where
privacy in personal care and/or service
The resident bedroom should offer
can occur. However, because it is
options for personalization and at the
bedroom space, the bedroom
same time encourage the resident to
environment should encourage the
remain out of the bedroom as much as
resident, regardless of physical
possible. Beds and room furnishings
impairment, to remain outside of the
should have a `bedroom' rather than an
bedroom as much as possible and
institutional appearance.
utilize common living space so designed
for that purpose as much as possible.
The resident bedroom should reflect the
personality of the occupant. The dcor,
3.1.2 Planning Considerations
the nature of the furniture, the color
schemes, and space for personal items
Resident bedrooms are the basic
should cater to the individual needs of
building blocks of a Nursing Home
the resident who occupies this personal
facility. Bedrooms and their adjacent
space.
bathrooms typically account for up to
40% of a Nursing Home's overall area.
3. Bedroom Plans for Special Needs
Refer to Table 3.2 "Furniture
Variations from typical bedroom criteria
Worksheet" when beginning the
and design may be indicated by a
planning process for a Nursing Home
documented functional program
resident bedroom.
describing special populations and their
care needs. The bedroom may be
1. Bedroom Design in Relation to Unit
arranged according to a resident's
Configuration
preferences and needs. The bed should
The resident bedroom configuration
function in one position that allows
should contribute to the efficiency of the
access for care on either side, including
overall care unit, including the support of
transfers and lift use. (See Figure 3.1)
A method should be provided to keep
individual possessions separate without
confusion or clutter.
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