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October 2006
HEALTHCARE DESIGN.06 CONFERENCE JUST ABOUT 3 WEEKS AWAY! Almost 2,000 have already registered for what promises to be the biggest and best HEALTHCARE DESIGN.06 conference yet. Don't miss the industry's most influential event...and the only conference and exposition produced in association with The Center for Health Design. Join us November 4-7 in Chicago for four days of inspiring keynote addresses, innovative ideas and products, behind-the-scenes facility tours, and abundant networking opportunities to help you create or transform your healthcare environment into a state-of-the-art-facility. Get more information and register online. DOWNLOAD NEW PAPERS ON GREEN DESIGN, LONG-TERM CARE, LIGHT Green Design: Six papers exploring the environmental impact hospitals have on their patients, staff, and communities. Long-Term Care Design: 19-page paper that presents findings from more than 250 studies that assess the relationship between the physical environment and resident and staff outcomes in different types of long-term care settings. Light: 12-page paper that examines how light impacts outcomes by reducing depression among patients, decreasing length of stay in hospitals, improving sleep and circadian rhythms, lessening agitation among dementia patients, easing pain, and improving adjustment to night-shift work among staff. See complete list of our research reports and papers. NEW CONFERENCE ON AGING RESCHEDULED "Environments for Aging: Designs for a New Era" has been rescheduled for April 23-24 in Baltimore, MD. Sponsored by Vendome Group, publishers of Nursing Homes and Healthcare Design magazines, The Center for Health Design, and the City of Baltimore Commission on Aging and Retirement Education, this new conference focuses on enabling seniors to pursue active lifestyles and cultural opportunities in urban and suburban environments. Join other key stakeholders in government, real estate development, construction, senior housing, architecture, design, academia, and finance to explore the best ways to develop and redevelop all types of communities for the burgeoning baby boom generation. BOOK AUTHORS SEEKING CONTRIBUTIONS Jan Carpman, Ph.D., and Myron Grant have been contracted by Jossey Bass publishers to write a third edition of DESIGN THAT CARES: Planning Health Facilities for Patients and Visitors. They are seeking contributions in the form of research reports, articles, design guidelines, papers, conference presentations, and books produced during the past 10 years and dealing with both inpatient and outpatient facilities. Materials need to be received by November 1. Contact for more information:
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