Making the case for how built environments can influence healthy and positive aging.
The Future Is Older, Now: Why Aging Well Depends on the Built Environment
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Rebuild. Retrofit. Reimagine: A New Vision for Aging and Care in America
Building environmental equity and person-directed practices into the future of long-term care.
Designing for Successful Aging as Health Creation: An Equity-Centered Salutogenic Approach to the Built Environment
Rather than seeking to avoid illness, salutogenesis seeks to actively support health .
A New HEARTH Village Model for Human Flourishing in Older Adulthood
The HEARTH (Healthy Environments for Aging, Resilience, Thriving, and Hope) Village Model offers an interdisciplinary framework for healthy aging.
Thome Rivertown Neighborhood: Affordable Housing and Support System that Works
A case study that combines affordable supportive housing with an integrated PACE Program.
Enhancing Older Adult Daily Life Through Improved Patient-Centered Care
A case study of the University Health Network’s West Park Healthcare Centre in Toronto, Canada.
The Veterans Home of California-Yountville: A New Model for Dignity, Autonomy, and Belonging in Later Life
A case study using the seven basic Universal Design principles.
Aging in Place is Not Working: Why Home Modification Fails Those Who Need It Most
The system needs to be more accessible, affordable, and actionable to succeed.
Aging, Place, and the Preservation of Culture and Identity
Thoughtfully designed environments may help older adults age well.
Designing for Belonging: How Place Attachment Can Support Aging in Immigrant Communities
Demographic transformation is reshaping American communities.
Boxville: Creating Intergenerational Communities of Care
How failing big-box retail sites may be reimagined to support relationships, health, and diverse households.
An Urban Approach to the Future of Aging: Vertical Villages
The future of aging is changing; housing models must change, too.
Challenging Urban Footprints to Innovate Our Support Systems
Exploring the influence of the built environment on the systemic social infrastructure of our cities and communities.
From Being Heard to Leading Change, Here’s What Older Adults Can Teach Us
New toolkit assists community-led change and empowers older adults as leaders.
An Age-Friendly Communication Guide
How to avoid using ageist language
The Age When a Person Stops Being Pictured
In a five-country pilot, two artificial intelligence assistants never imagined a candidate, customer, or expert older than 55
Aging With Disability Is a Continuum, Not a Handoff
Adding aging services on top of disability services does little to create continuity
EngAging Illinois: Building a Multisector Plan for Aging
Cross-agency collaboration created strong partnerships
Who Is Qualified to Listen to Us?
The counseling gap for older adults is not only about access. It is about who is trained to understand what later life contains.
Aging with Dignity: Missouri’s Plan to Support an Aging Population
State’s MPA Focuses on 7 Key Areas