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Resilient Aging
This week’s first in-person meeting of our new Resilient Aging Environments Network, or RAEN, was everything we imagined it could be.
Members were open, dedicated, kind, and deeply passionate about solving problems and improving people's lives as they age. And the unprecedented, behind-the-scenes access to new and experimental models of care – provided by our hosts, RAEN member CEO Steve Lindsey and his team at Garden Spot Village – was as inspiring as it was educational.
For example, to provide diverse living experiences that meet the needs of diverse populations, Garden Spot has developed some unique models. Their small “pocket neighborhoods” of single-family homes are creatively integrated community spaces for independent living.
They are also experimenting with a five-bedroom home for low-income seniors to share, while having access to all of the Garden Spot support programs. One of the more unique parts of the meeting was being welcomed into these residents’ homes to hear about their experiences first-hand.
Realizing that many couples don’t want to separate when one spouse needs to move into a dementia care unit, Garden Spot piloted a highly successful design that attached securable one-bedroom apartments to dementia care units. This allowed spouses to continue to live together while providing a higher level of support and care.
We also experienced a fascinating new integration of sonic technology and memory care, developed by Composure and the subject of a recent study by The Center’s research team, that is proving effective in improving sleep quality and behavior.
The RAEN network is just one opportunity available through The Center to expand your knowledge of tools and strategies supporting our aging population. You can learn more about RAEN – as well as our acute care, pediatric and behavioral health networks – here on our website.
Our website also houses an abundance of resources: our Impact of Aging Toolbox – with open access provided by Patcraft – includes dozens of briefs, best practices, tools and webinars. There are Interactive Design Diagrams for Healthcare at Home, Aging in Place, and Universal Design. Our Knowledge Repository contains hundreds of aging-related research articles, links and summaries.
There is so much more – discover what’s there!
Be Well,
Debra Levin, Hon. FASID, EDAC
President and CEO
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WE INVITE YOU
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Upcoming Webinar
How Stanford Medicine Uses Sensor Technology to Optimize Space Use and Inform Future Design
September 26, 2024
10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET
Affiliate Discounts Apply
CEUs Available
Operating in a region of the U.S. where exceedingly high real estate costs constrain hospital expansion, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health began evaluating sensor technology in 2019 as an innovative tool that could enable them to optimize space utilization and increase capacity within the confines of existing building footprints.
Attend to hear a case study presented by three strategic space planning experts from Stanford Medicine Children’s Hospital, where they will provide an in-depth and behind-the-scenes examination of how sensor technology has changed the way space is analyzed, used, and assigned at Stanford.
Learn more and register.
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2025 Changemaker Nominations Open
Who do you know that is making a difference in the way healthcare facilities are designed and built?
Our industry is filled with professionals who have committed themselves and their careers to innovate, advocate, lead, mentor and drive genuine change, but might be working in relative obscurity, on small projects with smaller budgets, or in underserved communities whose projects don’t garner big awards.
Can you help us find members of our healthcare design community who have brought those same qualities to bear on our profession?
Learn more about the criteria, eligible nominees and timeline here.
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Upcoming In-Person Workshop
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NEXT TUESDAY: Behavioral and Mental Health: New Directions in Care and Design of Environments to Support that Care
September 17, 2024
Los Angeles, CA
9:00 AM PT
CEUs Available
Affiliate Discounts Apply
The challenges created by today’s growing mental health and substance abuse crises reach far beyond the behavioral health unit into emergency departments, outpatient clinics and throughout acute care settings.
Join this in-person workshop to hear the latest in design thinking for behavioral healthcare and health settings while sharing state-of-the-art best practices through thought leader presentations, case studies, interactive group exercises and facilitated panel discussions.
Thanks to our Sponsor Partners: Accurate Lock & Hardware, Altro, architecture+, BestCare by Whitehall, Kingsway Group, LIGHTGLASS, ModuForm, Norix, Page/, Pineapple, Proximity Systems, Safehinge Primera, Spec, Stance Behavioral Health, Vance Secure and Visa Lighting.
There's still time to join us!
Learn more and register here.
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JOIN US AT THE 2025 PDC SUMMIT
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Agenda Now Posted
Full Four-Day Conference Registration Just $1150. Center Affiliates Just $925.
Learn More and Register
The Center for Health Design is now a Strategic Educational Collaborator and Supporting Organization for the PDC Summit | The International Summit & Exhibition on Health Facility Planning, Design & Construction.
At this year’s Summit The Center will produce and present a pre-conference evidence-based design workshop and a 24-session educational track – Research, Design and Outcomes – featuring recent work from The Center’s research team; Environment Networks; the HERD Journal, and other familiar and new healthcare design industry leaders.
Preview The Center’s 24-session leaning track & register here.
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Free Resources
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Behavioral & Mental Health Toolbox
Comprised of behavioral health design research, resources, tools and webinars on demand, authored and curated by The Center's research staff, this toolbox can be used to inform behavioral health design projects or advance individual or firm knowledge about this important topic.
Limited time open access to this toolbox is made possible by the support of Accurate Lock & Hardware, Altro, architecture+, BestCare by Whitehall and ModuForm.
Visit the toolbox.
The Center for Health Design Job Board
The Center's Job Board is a resource for those seeking positions or prospective employees in healthcare architecture, design, facility planning or other related fields. Browse what is currently needed by companies or organizations that support our mission of improving the quality of healthcare.
Browse current listings.
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Opportunities
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2025 Healthcare Environment Award Nominations Open
The Center for Health Design launched the Healthcare Environment Award in 1989 to encourage and celebrate the use of an evidence-based design process and a focus on the positive outcomes achieved in healthcare building projects through design.
Since then, nearly 300 projects from around the world have been awarded the distinction. Students and professionals, built and conceptual projects are all eligible to apply.
The Center is accepting entries for the 2025 Healthcare Environment Awards for a number of categories now through September 27.
Award recipients will be honored at The Center's Award Ceremony at the 2025 PDC Summit in Atlanta; receive feature coverage in Health Facilities Management Magazine; and gain exposure throughout the year to The Center's global community and to the American Society for Health Care Engineering community of 12,000+ healthcare provider and facilities professionals.
Learn more about the criteria, eligible nominees and timeline here.
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Enhancing Behavioral Healthcare with Thoughtful Design
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Behavioral healthcare is increasingly acknowledged as an essential aspect of overall well-being, yet it remains significantly underfunded and underdeveloped in the healthcare system. One in five adults in the United States experiences a mental health or substance use disorder severe enough to require clinical attention, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Healthcare Facilities Today, read more...
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The Unique Challenges of Children’s Hospitals
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Authored by members of The Center’s Pediatric Environment Network.
Experienced planners know that children’s health design projects differ from adult projects, but the specific requirements that must be considered are not always intuitive. These differences have become more important as pediatric beds shift from general hospitals to specialized children’s hospitals.
HFM Magazine, read more...
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Designing Flexible Healthcare for the 50-year Solution
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The need to have individual offices for each doctor or each practitioner has diminished; it’s now more important to have flex and shared spaces and touch-down type spaces, which benefit not only the patients, so they’re not moved around as much, but it also benefits the staff because they’re not taking as many steps in a day. Thinking about efficiency and how that flow works is a big change from the traditional model of how they used to practice.
Boston Real Estate Times, read more...
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U.S. Healthcare BuildingTrends and Innovations for 2024-2025
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As new medicines, treatment regimens, and clinical protocols radically alter the medical world, facilities and building environments in which they take form are similarly evolving rapidly. Innovations and trends related to products, materials, assemblies, and building systems for the U.S. healthcare building sector have opened new avenues for better care delivery.
Building Design + Construction, read more...
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Contact our VP Relationship Development Randy Carter, rcarter@healthdesign.org, (541) 965-1922.
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ABOUT US
For over 30 years the non-profit Center for Health Design has led and empowered current and future healthcare owners, clinicians, architects, designers, product & solution providers and other stakeholders in an industry-wide endeavor to maximize health through informed design.
By providing research, education and community-building to over 30,000 professionals worldwide, The Center drives measurable improvements in health, safety and business outcomes through evidence-based design of the built environment. Explore The Center’s resources, tools and learning opportunities at www.healthdesign.org.
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