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Coping with Complexity: Designing Homes and Facilities for Frail and Dependent Elderly in a Changing Society

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Demographic changes, technological innovations, and plurality in values place architects and consulting engineers for large challenges. This chapter unravels the different types of complexity that play a role in designing homes for frail elderly and facilities for adults with dementia. Five types of complexity are identified as follows: aspectual complexity, contextual complexity, stakeholder-related complexity, value-based complexity, and technological complexity. It is shown that this model guides architects and consulting engineers in analyzing and designing complex homes and facilities.

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  1. Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Maarten J. Verkerk

  2. Department of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Maarten J. Verkerk

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  1. Fontys EGT – Centre for Healthcare and Technology, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Joost van Hoof

  2. School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

    George Demiris

  3. Institute of allied health professions, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Eveline J.M. Wouters

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Verkerk, M.J. (2017). Coping with Complexity: Designing Homes and Facilities for Frail and Dependent Elderly in a Changing Society. In: van Hoof, J., Demiris, G., Wouters, E. (eds) Handbook of Smart Homes, Health Care and Well-Being. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01583-5_49

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