Dear Alyson,
There are some anomolies with spaces standards for older people and younger
adults in terms of accessibility to watch out for but all the space
standards are given in NMS23 - Environment(Older people first link).
Hope the following links help:
http://www.csci.org.uk/professional/docs/care_homes_for_older_people.doc
http://www.csci.org.uk/professional/care_providers/all_services/national_mini
mum_standards.aspx
http://www.csci.org.uk/professional/
Regards
Sue Pellegrino
The Access Collaboration
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On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:39:22 +0000, Alyson Matthews wrote
> Does anyone know of a standard for accessibility for residential
> homes for elderly people? For example, proportion of accessible
> bedrooms to standard bedrooms etc. We have a proposal for a res.
> home which will have identical bedrooms, all with standard en suite.
> I cannot see anything in Part M or BS8300, and cannot find any
> regulations or best practice on-line.
>
> Thanks.
>
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