The Workshop
As individuals age, physical, mental, and societal challenges become more prevalent. This intensive virtual workshop explores those obstacles and discusses programming and design interventions that can assist individuals and care givers. Expert faculty will present examples that integrate architecture, design and technology into living environments that are not only safe, but foster wellness and longevity.
Together, faculty and attendees will explore gaps in the current system and consider the latest in design thinking for healthy aging in various settings across the continuum of care. Our experts will also identify state-of-the-art best practices and possible new solutions that enhance access to nature, engagement with technology, resilience, and meaning and purpose. Through presentations, case studies and panel discussions, attendees will gain new insights, have opportunities to pose questions to workshop faculty, and interact with fellow attendees in fun and innovative ways.
Agenda
Welcome Opening Remarks & Introductions
Addie Abushousheh, PhD, Assoc. AIA, EDAC, Research Associate, The Center for Health Design
Opening Keynote: Aging Well with Dementia
Margaret Calkins, M.Arch, PhD, EDAC, FGSA, Board Chair, IDEAS Institute
Designing for the 100-Year Life and an Active Aging Future
Tama Duffy Day, FACHE, FASID, FIIDA, LEED® BD+C, Senior Living Leader, Principal, Gensler
Next Generation Senior Living, One Example in the Pacific North West
Vassar T. Byrd, CEO, Rose Villa Senior Living
Affordable Housing Strategies that Promote Personal Well-Being and Success
Dodd Kattman, AIA, LEED AP, Principal, MKM architecture + design
Experts
Addie Abushousheh is a gerontologist, researcher, and consultant for organizational and environmental development in long-term care. She explores cultural and bio-psycho-social perspectives, organizational structures and processes, physical environments, workforce models, and regulatory and financial frameworks in relation to decision making, resource management, and quality improvement. With combined expertise in architecture, organizational development, aging and applied research, Dr. Abushousheh advances comprehensive and translational agendas related to quality assessment and performance improvement. Addie is a Research Associate with The Center for Health Design, an Adjunct Faculty member at Kent State University, and a Senior Living Advisor for Abacus Institute.
Dr. Calkins is nationally recognized as a creative, dynamic leader, trainer and researcher in the field of environments for elders. She is Board Chair of IDEAS Institute, an independent research institute dedicated to exploring the therapeutic potential of the environment--social and organizational as well as physical--particularly as it relates to frail and impaired older adults. She is a highly sought after speaker for conferences in the US and abroad. She has published extensively and received over $6m in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health and foundations to develop training resources and explore the impact of the environment on people with dementia. She has served on numerous board, both local and national, including the Pioneer Network, Green House, Advancing Excellence, and the Cleveland Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. She was a founding member of SAGE- Society for the Advancement of Gerontological Environments, and is on the Editorial Board for The Gerontologist, Journal of Housing and the Elderly, Journal of Clinical Psychology and Health Environments Research & Design Journal among other journals.
Tama is a Principal, global leader of Gensler’s Senior Living practice, and an advisor to the Health Sector. A leader in the healthcare industry for decades, she challenges conventional design and develops solutions to reimagine longevity in an age-inclusive world. Actively leading projects across all regions, she is a frequent speaker at national events and conferences, and her work has been published in Forbes, Interior Design magazine, Fast Company, and The McMorrow Reports. Active in the healthcare community, she is a member of Women in Healthcare and on the Washington, DC Mayor’s Age-Friendly Task Force. Tama serves on the boards of the Capitol Hill Village and The CARITAS Project, and on Advisory Boards for the Healthcare Facilities Symposium, Marymount University and Medical Construction & Design Magazine. She is one of the few design professionals inducted as a fellow into the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Equipped with a master’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics, Vassar began her career as an economist, working in Washington, DC and Portland, Oregon. After ten years in the field, she chose to change her career entirely for the opportunity to work in nonprofit senior living. She obtained a master’s degree in gerontology from Naropa University and became CEO of Rose Villa, a not-for-profit CCRC, in 2006.
Bringing both financial rigor and resident-directed perspective to her work, she focuses on building partnerships with residents to create vibrant, emotional, social and physical environments. She is passionate about the way we age, working to break down negative stereotypes and visioning senior living in new and innovative ways. Vassar brings a broad base of experience, facilitating new development and senior living initiatives which are key to the financial success and renewed strength of the Rose Villa community today.
As a founding principal of MKM in 1989, Dodd offers over 30 years of senior living and long-term care project experience. He has assisted in building the firm into a nationally recognized leader in the fields of healthcare and community wellness. Through his efforts MKM was named one of the "Top 100 Healthcare Architects" by Modern Healthcare Magazine for the fifteenth consecutive year in 2021. In his role as senior living managing partner, he dedicates time to designing, researching, publishing, and presenting topics that elevate the expectations of supportive environments that promote the process of aging with dignity within communities.