Country, family, kin and community: Architectural considerations for Indigenous aged care.

The research seeks to provide design practices and aged care providers with information to help improve and enhance the experiences of older Indigenous people living in aged care facilities by addressing the needs of residents with diverse cultural backgrounds. Given the accepted practice in these building typologies, how can aged care design also be improved to enhance the physical environment in residential aged care facilities to better support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people? Dossier In Australia, the average life expectancy of Indigenous people is estimated to be eight years lower than that of non-Indigenous people.1 As a result of years of health disparity, Indigenous people access aged care at a much younger age than non-Indigenous people. [Extracted from the article]

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