Jeffrey W. Anderzhon, AIA, InVision Architecture, Omaha
Jane Rohde, AIA, FIIDA, AAHID, JSR Associates, Ellicott City, Md.
John Shoesmith, AIA, Shoesmith Architects, Seattle

      The medical profession increases the quantity of life but architects can, through their designs, enhance the quality of life for the aging population. Examine the best senior-living environments from the AIA’s biennial juried Design for Aging Review. Explore trends in designs for the aging and the reasons these senior-living environments were selected by the jury as exceptional in the collaboration of the design and the care provision program.

Learning objectives:

• Review trends and directions of designs for aging and discuss the wide variety of facility types
• Determine the important physical, psychological, and cultural issues that affect the elderly and how those issues can be addressed through appropriate design
• Access facility designs for the aging determined to be exemplary by a jury and which enhance the quality of life, maintain community connection, and celebrate the aging process.