While it is necessary to provide a "homelike" environment in nursing homes, the risk is that institutions reduce it to impersonal decoration. As the aim is to reconcile care and home, we propose co-design, an approach involving users in the design of living spaces, as a solution. We propose tools and protocol, then provide feedback from a workshop on co-designing a collective space with three residents in a nursing home in Île-de-France (France). We thoroughly analyze the contributions of the residents during the workshop, and then compare their proposals with the opinions of the carers. We found that the workshop enabled participants to express concrete needs that tended towards "homelike" proposals. Furthermore, we observe that participants are spontaneously engaging in an iterative process and refining their interior design proposal. The post-workshop exchange with carers raised a limited understanding among them of the desires and habits of the residents, as well as a prevalence of risks rather than benefits regarding residents' proposals. The convergence of day-to-day expertises, through co-design, encourages design solutions that are suitable for everyone, while its role in mediation supports organizational change in the nursing home. In perspective, we emphasize the need for cultural change and financial adjustments, and encourage the participation of residents and carers in the interior design conception of nursing homes.

Authors:
Clémentine Pègues, ENS Paris-Saclay, France
Manon Labarchède, Université Bordeaux, France
Fany Cérèse, Atelier AA, France
Stéphane Safin, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France
Stéphane Adam, Université de Liège, Belgium

About the Presenter(s)
Ms Clémentine Pègues is a University Postgraduate Student at ENS Paris-Saclay in France

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