The Workshop
Aging happens everywhere and with ever-greater frequency. The number of Americans aged 65 and older is projected to increase from 58 million in 2022 to 82 million by 2050 – a stunning 47% increase.

Nowhere is this demographic shift being felt more seismically than in the healthcare and living environments serving our aging population. People aged 65 and older are hospitalized twice as frequently as adults aged 45 to 64. The demand for all types of senior living – independent, assisted, skilled nursing and memory care – continues to outweigh supply.

Yes, it’s a challenge, but it’s also a tremendous opportunity – to re-envision, design and build a new generation of “age-friendly” care and living environments that support the goals of patients, residents, caregivers and organizations, and ultimately produce the best outcomes.

The Design for Healthy Aging workshop will provide you with not just a glimpse into that future, but the research, resources, tools and best practices to help get you there.

Whatever types of environments you are creating – from acute care and ambulatory/outpatient, to independent, assisted living, long term and memory care settings – the innovations, ideas and lessons learned presented by our expert faculty of forward-thinking administrators, policy makers, clinicians and designers will have broad and immediate application and impact.

Age-Friendly Health System Initiatives: The 4Ms (and sometimes 5)What is the near and far future of an Age-Friendly Health System (AFHS)? The national AFHS initiative launched by CMS and IHI, uses a well-established clinical framework, the 4Ms – What Matters, Medications, Mentation, Mobility (and increasingly a 5th M: Multi-complexity) – to advance care for older adults. How do the 4Ms create a framework to think about the built environment? Hear from this panel on the policy, regulatory, and practice initiatives that are underway, and learn about the possibilities that exist to address design for aging in all settings.

Panelists
Alice Bonner, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing CAPABLE Program, Senior Advisor for Aging at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
Diana Anderson, MD, M.Arch, FACHA, Dochitect
Michael McKay, AIA, ACHE, EDAC, LEED AP, NCARB, Planning Design Construction and Corporate Real Estate, UW Health

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