Универзитет у Нишу, Грађевинско-архитектонски факултет
Abstract
The demographic features of Serbia are characterized by an intensive process of
population ageing. At the same time, nursing homes are organizationally, conceptually and
ecourbarchitecturally outdated, lacking in both accommodation capacity and the space
necessary for all the residential functions. Therefore, it is high time a national effort was
aimed at transformation of these facilities. The goal of this paper is to formulate different
guidelines for establishing and defining a concept in designing new elderly care facilities and
reconstructing the existing ones, as well as to introduce innovative forms of dwellings
striving to keep the elderly in their homes as long as possible. The guidelines are a result of
long-standing practice in developed countries around the world: the USA, Sweden, Denmark,
the Netherlands and Finland