McKnight’s Long-Term Care News
by Julie Williamson
January, 2009

Residents want to have their families attend and they want to see their grandchildren so it’s important to encourage that interaction by getting rid of anything that might deter people from visiting.” , said Joan Kaufman, president of Interior Planning & Design, Inc. of Naperville, Illinois. She explained that providing separate dining areas with French doors that can be closed off, so kids can run around without distracting other patrons, is a design with universal appeal.