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Philip Y. Kao PhD thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

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floors 1, 2, 4, and 5; 2) Personal care apartments on the 3 rd floor; 3) Health Centre will<br />

provide intermediate nursing and skilled nursing; 4) Small cottage-type condominiums<br />

for residents approaching retirement age.” Thus, the concept of the Continuing Care<br />

Retirement Community (CCRC) was officially adopted once the renovations were<br />

completed. The phased living concept along with consolidating those residents who<br />

needed extra help and assistance with the activities of daily living gave rise to an<br />

architecture of a segregated senior living model (see figures 1 and 2).<br />

Figure 1<br />

A rendition of Tacoma Pastures’s early construction site<br />

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