Why a home, not a facility

A facility is built around an institutional flow: long corridors, central nursing stations, rooms numbered like hotel keys. A residence is built around a kitchen table.

Five things that change

1. Sound: far fewer overhead pages and alarms.
2. Light: real windows in every room.
3. Smell: real cooking, every day.
4. Scale: a maximum of eight residents means everyone is known.
5. Time: caregivers can sit down with a resident, not pass through.