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 - Observations & Reflections
Addie Abushousheh, PhD, Assoc. AIA, EDAC, Organizational & Environmental Gerontologist, Research Associate, The Center for Health Design
Creating Environments Where Everyone Thrives
Jennifer Brush, MA, CCC/SLP, Director, Brush Development
Therapeutic Spaces for Healthy Aging: Integrating Biophilic Design for Human and Environmental Wellbeing
Terri Peters, PhD, Architect ARB, WELL AP, LEED GA, Assistant Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University
Architecture as a Tool for Inclusion
Philippe Saad, AIA, LEED AP, Principal, DiMella Shaffer
Memory Care for Dementia Patients Residing Within and Discharged from Correctional Settings
Tami Kendall, National Nursing Home Administrator
Michael Bollinger, Captain, Federal Bureau of Prisons
Experts
Dr. Abushousheh is an Organizational and Environmental Gerontologist and Researcher Associate for The Center for Health Design. With combined expertise in architecture, organizational development, gerontology and applied research, Addie advances comprehensive and translational agendas related to quality assessment and performance improvement for aging and dementia in the continuum of care. In addition to publishing and presenting, Addie is a tri-chair of the Facility Guidelines Institute’s residential document group, maintains an adjunct faculty appointment at Kent State University, is a member of the Moving Forward Coalition, is a Board Member for IDEAS Institute, and serves as an Advisor to Abacus Institute and The AIA’s Design for Aging Knowledge Community.
Jennifer Brush, MA, CCC/SLP is a Fulbright Specialist, researcher, award-winning dementia care author and healthcare consultant located in northeast Ohio. Jennifer also serves as Program Director at Montessori Education for Dementia St. Nicholas Montessori College Ireland. Jennifer is an inaugural member of the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) Advisory Board for Montessori for Dementia and Aging. She was one of the first three AMI Certified Trainers for Montessori for Dementia and Aging in the world, as well as the first in the US.
Jennifer is the author of numerous research articles and several nationally recognized books on dementia including her latest book, Montessori for Elder and Dementia Care, published by Health Professions Press. Jennifer is widely known for her innovative work in the Spaced Retrieval memory intervention, pioneering this area of study in speech-language pathology and co-authoring two books on the subject.
Terri Peters is an Assistant Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) in the Department of Architectural Science. She teaches and supervises graduate students in both the architecture and building science programs. Dr. Peters is a registered architect in the UK, holds the WELL AP designation, and is a member of the 2021 WELL Concept advisory for Lighting. Her current research focuses on building performance in health environments, pre- and post-occupancy evaluations, and intersections between architectural quality and inhabitant quality of life in long term care homes.
She is an affiliated researcher at Institut du Savoir Monfort in Ottawa, Canada. She is co-author of the publication MURB Design Guide: Enhancing the Liveability and Resilience of MURB (with Ted Kesik and Liam O’Brien, v2., 2019), co-author of the book Computing the Environment: Digital Design Tools for Simulation and Visualization of Sustainable Architecture (with Brady Peters, John Wiley and Sons, 2018) and editor of Design for Health: Sustainable Approaches to Therapeutic Architecture (John Wiley and Sons 2017). She has authored more than 20 peer reviewed publications about sustainable housing. Her recent paper “Biophilic Design Strategies in Long-Term Residential Care Environments for Persons with Dementia” was published in 2021 in Journal of Aging and Environment with co-author Dr. Stephen Verderber.
Philippe Saad, AIA, is a principal with DiMella Shaffer Associates, a Boston based architecture and planning firm. He has over 15 years of architectural experience contributing to a wide variety of projects focused on community design. Both an advocate and proponent of quality community housing, Philippe’s experience has focused on both affordable and senior housing throughout New England. Philippe is a frequent speaker at LeadingAge and The Global Aging Network. He is a founding board member of LGBTQ Senior Housing, Inc. and Project Q Communities, with missions focused on LGBTQ aging. He was recently awarded EFA Design Champion for 2021.