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Get the latest trends, tools, and resources for improving healthcare environments here. Browse our many free and members-only resources, including research reports and issue briefs, interviews, case studies, design strategies, lessons learned, key point summaries, and webinars.

    Tool

    Universal Design Strategies: Impact of Aging Considerations Checklist
    November 2016 ∘ Tool

    This tool is meant to support a universal design approach to environments for aging populations. 
    Design Strategies

    Design Strategies — Impact of Aging
    November 2016 ∘ Design Strategies

    Aging often involves a multitude of changing needs and priorities. However, there are human needs and desires that remain constant throughout the life course. Design strategies for aging must not only address basic physiological and safety needs, but attend to higher-level human needs as well. The universal design approach is being adopted by many forward-thinking designers who aim to support equitable, flexible, and accessible environments for all users.

     
    Issue Brief

    Going Quiet: Best Practices
    March 2014 ∘ Issue Brief

    As part of the noise toolbox, in this issue brief you will learn about how excessive noise can negatively impact patients and staff in the hospital environment, ways to improve patients’ perception of sound, and low-cost, medium-cost, and high-cost design strategies that can reduce noise.