Leading Age Annual Meeting and Expo
Booth #1034
Chicago, IL
Flooring for Senior Living
Aging Well in Senior Living
Aging well is about a sense of purpose and place, engagement, human connections, and belonging. This resident-focused experience across the continuum of care supports the individual abilities of each person. So how does the floor impact these person-centered needs? Flooring is not a single element or design feature – it is an asset in health, safety, and wellness for those who live, heal, work, and visit the built environment.
AARP defines a “senior living community” as a general term for the different types of care and housing for seniors, 55 years of age and older. These communities can be designed to suit any type of lifestyle and level of medical care including independent living, assisted living, retirement communities, and memory care facilities.
A Sound Investment
Sometimes, what we don’t see is even more striking than what we do. Beneath the surface of Even Plane LVT, a nonwoven fiberglass layer resists indentation and absorbs the sound of nearby foot traffic 30% better than code requires*. Install Even Plane alongside carpet tile—without transition strips—for additional comfort and delineation of space. With 32-mil wear layer and state-of-the-art Techtonic® protection, we’re raising the grade on performance, while keeping your feet on even ground.
A Purpose-Built Environment
Work by the King’s Fund shows that a tranquil, purpose-built and aesthetically pleasing environment has a major positive impact on those who live, work and visit such environments. Similarly, the attitudes, knowledge, and skills of those employed in the environment have a major impact on the residents living there.
Homelike Environment
Creating a homelike environment is multi-factorial, in published research, Care homes: The developing ideology of a homelike place to live1 shares that the built environment is a key focus, and the research shows tangible evidence of the benefits of living in a home-like environment.
Why Tarkett?
- First impression counts, biophilic inspired pattern and color for a warm, welcome, space
- Variety of products, colors, and patterns to support visual acuity and facilitate wayfinding
- Ease of maintenance supports the facility’s operational efficiency
- Durability, resistant to stain and heavy foot traffic
- Foster good indoor air quality (IAQ) with CERTIFIED asthma & allergy friendly® products
Caring for the Caregiver
Fatigue has been identified as a contributing factor to caregiver burnout, with a negative impact on awareness, emotion, and cognitive performance. In this setting, higher acuity levels, occupancy challenges, and the ongoing issue of recruiting and training qualified staff is ongoing. More than ever, we are mindful that caring for the caregiver, and their level of care is directly impacted by the built environment and the care they feel.
Why Tarkett?
- An often-underappreciated element in the built environment, flooring selection can have an actionable impact on nurse fatigue, staff retention, and hiring
- Optimizing staff performance is essential to understand the flooring material’s innate performance characteristics as these attributes impact both environmental and human health
- Making informed product decisions can have an actionable impact on supporting staff retention, hiring, and the health system’s financial viability overall
Diversity + Inclusion = Better Business Outcomes
Top of mind is caregiver hiring and retention. So how do we help foster culture and caregiver engagement in the continuum of care? One path is with diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB).
The Center for Health Design shared the results of a study that was conducted by the Senior Living DEIB Coalition on industry trends.
Why Tarkett?
- DEIB in the workplace is more than a trend, it yields positive business results
- Flooring can have an actionable impact on employee engagement, retention, profitability, and attracting talent
- Supporting designers with biophilic patterns and colors, for example, meets these needs and provides physical and deep, psychological benefits for seniors, residents, and caregivers
- Foster good indoor air quality (IAQ) with CERTIFIED asthma & allergy friendly® products
- Flooring selection and specification create opportunities for the facility and its residents, not obstacles
Designer on Demand
Creating your perfect carpet with Flexible Standards is easy! Simply select a pattern that you like and color it by using our expansive color palette. You can select from our carefully curated collection of broadloom and modular patterns to satisfy your desired design aesthetic. Then, you can tailor the pattern by selecting from our expansive Dynex solution-dyed yarn library with tufting technology that ensures high-definition textures, shapes and line clarity.
Proof in Every Step
The health sector, whose mission is protecting and promoting health, has an important role to play. At Tarkett, it’s our mission to create healthier environments inside and out. For us, social and environmental responsibility aren’t add-ons. They’re woven, stamped, and sealed into everything we do. More importantly, we don’t just say this, we prove it.
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Environments for Aging
Booth #501
Atlanta, GA
Senior Living Brochure
At Tarkett, we understand the demands of our senior living partners are ever-changing. That’s why our research and innovation never stop, we’re committed to evolving with you. We combine evidence-based product solutions with space-specific performance needs. For a safe, comfortable, healing, and working environment. It’s all about Right Product. Right Space.
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