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Non-Profit Organizations

Therapeutic Landscapes Resource Center dedicated to providing information to the public about restorative landscapes, healing gardens, wellness gardens, and other research-based healthcare design.

Adopt A Room was formed in September of 2004 to create a win-win-win situation for hospitals, sponsors, and most importantly, sick children.

American Architectural Foundation educates individuals and communities about the power of architecture to transform lives and improve the places where we live, learn, work, and play.

Arts and Healing is an on-line resource celebrating the connection between art and healing. Web site serves as a resource for anyone interested in the healing potential of art, especially environmentalists, social activists, artists, art professionals, health care practitioners, and those challenged by illness.

Association for Contract Textiles is a not-for-profit trade association that addresses a variety of issues related to contract fabrics.

The California Healthcare Foundation (CHCF) is an independent philanthropy committed to improving the way health care is delivered and financed in California. By promoting innovations in care and broader access to information, CHCF works to ensure that all Californians can get the care they need, when they need it, at a price they can afford.

The Center for the Advancement of Health translates to the public the latest evidence-based research on health, health care, prevention and chronic disease management, with an emphasis on how social, behavioral and economic factors affect illness and well-being.

The Center for Universal Design (CUD) is a national information, technical assistance, and research center that evaluates, develops, and promotes accessible and universal design in housing, commercial and public facilities, outdoor environments, and products.

The Chicago Botanic Garden (horticulture therapy) Horticulture is a recognized therapy. Explore how to make a garden age-proof, ache-proof and fully barrier-free.

The Design Management Institute (DMI) seeks to heighten awareness of design as an essential part of business strategy. Founded in 1975, DMI has become the leading resource and international authority on design management.

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network provides information on EERE's products, services, and 10 technology programs, and has links to the most appropriate EERE resources or expert networks.

The Envirosense Consortium, Inc. is a group of companies who collectively offer solutions and strategies to address indoor air quality and related environmental issues focused on three key components: building design and construction, product specifications, and operations and maintenance.

The Foundation for Photo/Art in Hospitals, Inc.  is a non-profit publicly supported organization dedicated to placing colorful, soothing photographs of nature in hospitals to give comfort and hope to patients and their families, visitors, and caregivers.

The Future Healthcare Network is a group of mental health, acute and primary care trusts and Strategic Health Authorities engaged in major change projects. FHN aims to support members to ensure sustainable investment into services and facilities today to meet the needs of the patients of tomorrow.

Green Guide for Health Care provides the healthcare sector with a voluntary, self-certifying metric toolkit of best practices that designers, owners, and operators can use to guide and evaluate their progress towards high performance healing environments.

The Healthcare Financial Management Association is a membership organization for healthcare financial management executives and leaders. Respected thought leader on top trends and issues facing the healthcare industry.

HealthCare Without Harm is a global coalition of 443 organizations in 52 countries working to protect health by reducing pollution in the health care industry.

Hospital Audiences, Inc. (HAI) is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1969 by Michael Jon Spencer to provide access to the arts to culturally isolated New Yorkers.

Hospitals for a Healthy Environment is creating a national movement for environmental sustainability in health care.

InformeDesign is a research and communication tool for designers. Research Summaries are added weekly.

The Institute for Family-Centered Care provides leadership to advance the understanding and practice of patient- and family-centered care in hospitals and other health care settings.

Institute for Healthcare Improvement is a source of energy, knowledge, and support for a never-ending campaign to improve health care worldwide.

The International Institute for Bau-biologie™ and Ecology, Inc. (IBE), is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to bringing together the technical expertise, biological understanding and ecological sensitivity to create healthy homes and workplaces.

The Labyrinth Society is made up of labyrinth enthusiasts from all over the world. Members work to place labyrinths in schools and promote labyrinths for use in mainstream healthcare.

O2 pioneers solutions to a central problem of the made environment: how to foster sustainability while having a good quality of life.

Planetree (models of care) is a non-profit membership organization working with hospitals and health centers to develop and implement patient-centered care in healing environments.

The Nightingale Institute for Health and the Environment assists healthcare professionals to recognize the inextricable link between human and environmental health and their role in creating the change in practice needed to improve the health of humans and the environment.

The Therapeutic Landscapes Resource Center is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing information to the public about restorative landscapes, healing gardens, wellness gardens, and other research-based healthcare design.

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is an independent, entrepreneurial, nonprofit organization fostering the efficient and restorative use of resources to make the world secure, just, prosperous, and life-sustaining.

Society for the Advancement of Gerontological Environments (SAGE) promotes networking and collaboration among individuals who are creating better environments for older adults.

Sustainable Hospitals Project provides technical support to the healthcare industry for selecting products and work practices that reduce the occupational and environmental hazards, maintain quality patient care and contain costs.

The Teleosis Institute is devoted to developing effective, sustainable health care provided by professionals who serve as environmental stewards.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Institute on Aging & Environment promotes research, scholarship, and service concerning environments for older persons, particularly those suffering from cognitive impairments.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is the nation’s foremost coalition of leaders from every sector of the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work.

Whole Building Design Guide provides government and industry practitioners with one-stop access to up-to-date information on a wide range of building-related guidance, criteria and technology from a 'whole buildings' perspective. Currently organized into two major categories—Design Guidance and Project Management.

Professional Associations & Societies

Academy of Neurosciene for Architecture supports studies, workshops and university-based educational programs designed to explore research that "bridges" neuroscience with architecture

The Alzheimer’s Association, the world leader in Alzheimer research and support, is the first and largest voluntary health organization dedicated to finding prevention methods, treatments and an eventual cure for Alzheimer’s.

The vision of the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers (AAHID) is to be recognized by the healthcare industry as the certification board of choice in assessing and qualifying the knowledge, skills and abilities of healthcare interior designers.

American Art Therapy Association is an organization of professionals dedicated to the belief that the creative process involved in art making is healing and life enhancing.

American Association of Critical Care Nurses provides resources for critical care nurses through journals, products, peer networking, continuing education and other services.

American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging is dedicated to providing the services people need, when they need them, in the place they call home.

American Association of Retired Persons (AARA)

American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA) provides Board Certification for Architects who practice as healthcare specialists.

American Health Care Association (AHCA) is a non-profit federation of affiliated state health organizations, together representing more than 10,000 non-profit and for-profit assisted living, nursing facility, developmentally-disabled, and subacute care providers that care for more than 1.5 million elderly and disabled individuals nationally.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) is the national organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities.

American Institute of Architects represents the professional interests of America's architects. Members adhere to a code of ethics and professional conduct that assures the client, the public, and colleagues of an AIA-member architect's dedication to the highest standards in professional practice.

American Institute of Architects/Academy on Architecture for Health (AIA) comprised of architects from both the private and public sectors, with a particular interest and/or expertise in the design of health facilities.

The American Society for Healthcare Engineering is dedicated to optimizing the healthcare physical environment.

The American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA) is involved in the operation, development and finance of the entire spectrum of seniors housing - senior apartments, independent living communities, assisted living residences, and continuing care retirement communities.

American Society of Interior Designers offers information on interior design, continuing education, and design career information and design programs.

The American Society of Landscape Architects is the national professional association representing landscape architects.

The American Society on Aging is an association of diverse individuals bound by a common goal: to support the commitment and enhance the knowledge and skills of those who seek to improve the quality of life of older adults and their families.

The Assisted Living Federation of America is the largest national association exclusively dedicated to professionally-operated assisted living communities for seniors.

The Association of University Interior Designers (AUID) is a non-profit organization established in 1979 to provide a network for individuals who work within institutions of higher education and to promote activities designed to benefit its members through education, communication and research.

The Environmental Design and Research Association is an international, interdisciplinary organization founded for the advancement and dissemination of environmental design research.

The Hospital Council of Northern and Central California is a nonprofit hospital and health system trade association established representing 190 hospitals in 50 of California’s 58 counties.

The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America seeks to improve the lighted environment by bringing together those with lighting knowledge and by translating that knowledge into actions that benefit the public.

International Association of Lighting Designers

International Interior Design Association is a professional networking and educational association committed to enhancing the quality of life through excellence in interior design and advancing interior design through knowledge.

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations strives to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care organizations.

The National Association for Children's Hospitals & Related Industries is a not-for-profit organization of children's hospitals, large pediatric units of medical centers and related health systems.

Senior Programs is a national association for senior living industries.

The National Council on Aging (NCOA) is dedicated to improving the health and independence of older persons and increasing their continuing contributions to communities, society, and future generations.

The Society for the Arts in Healthcare (SAH) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to promoting the incorporation of the arts as an integral component of healthcare.

Blogs

Therapeutic Landscapes Database online bibliography of information about landscapes that promote and facilitate health.

HealthCareFineArt discusses current issues about art in healthcare.

The Research Design Connections Blog is a forum to discuss recent research of interest to designers.

Susan Mazer's Blog discusses issues facing today's patient experience and the overall healing environment.