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PDC Summit | Forget Me Not: Environmental Insights for Dementia and Neurodiversity


When: March 11, 2025
Time: 9:45am Eastern
Where: PDC Summit, Atlanta, Georgia United States
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The Center for Health Design is the Strategic Educational Collaborator and a Supporting Organization for the annual PDC Summit.

At the 2025 PDC 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; Aging, Behavioral Health, Pediatric and Built Environment Networks; the HERD Journal, AAHID and other familiar and new healthcare design industry leaders.

You’ll find these sessions here on the PDC Summit website – click on the Category drop-down menu and select The Center for Health Design Sessions.

RESEARCH, DESIGN & OUTCOMES | 2025 PDC SUMMIT

 

Designing to accommodate the needs of individuals experiencing dementia and neurodiversity is relevant throughout the continuum of care.

Vulnerable, marginalized, and geriatric populations piece together treatments and therapies using a combination of ALL healthcare settings. The accompanying non-linear, sporadic and unpredictable patterns of use carry more intense implications and disproportionate negative outcomes.

The design of the environment is, however, a modifiable risk factor and understanding environmental barriers and enablers can facilitate better health and wellness outcomes.

Based upon the review of evaluation tools for memory care settings, recognized experts in the field of environmental gerontology will share design strategies that benefit vulnerable patient populations in all healthcare settings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

Exclusive Offer for All Affiliate Members

All Center Affiliate members receive exclusive, discounted ASHE member pricing. Contact us for discount code and more information.

 

Learning Objectives

  • Understand physical and cognitive changes commonly associated with aging and dementia.
  • Learn about unintended consequences of unsupportive design in healthcare environments.
  • Discover environmental assessment tools to inform design and improve dementia-related healthcare outcomes.
  • Explore design strategies to accommodate cognitive impairments in acute, ambulatory and private practice settings.

 

Presenting Faculty

Addie Abushousheh, PhD, Assoc. AIA, EDAC

Organizational & Environmental Gerontologist
Research Associate, The Center for Health Design

 

 

Migette L. Kaup, PhD, FIDEC, FGSA, ASID, IIDA, NCIDQ, EDAC

Professor | ID Program Director | Dept. of Interior Design & Fashion Studies Coordinator for Aging Research & Graduate Studies | Center on Aging College of Health and Human Sciences
Kansas State University

 

Margaret Calkins, PhD, EDAC, FGSA

Board Chair and Senior Researcher
IDEAS Institute