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.
EngAging Illinois: Building a Multisector Plan for Aging
Cross-agency collaboration created strong partnerships
Aging with Dignity: Missouri’s Plan to Support an Aging Population
State’s MPA Focuses on 7 Key Areas
When Full Nursing Homes Mean Fewer Choices
Occupancy in nursing care communities keeps increasing. Is that a sign of recovery or scarcity?
Not a Continuum of Care: What We Get Wrong About Housing, Aging, and Dignity
Nursing homes structurally are total institutions
Work, Work, Work, and Then No Work
How being ‘too old’ destroys aging for millions.
Beyond the House: Understanding the Emotional Side of Housing Decisions in Later Life
How to help older adults change residences and transition to a new home.
Employers as Catalysts in an Age-Friendly Ecosystem
An examination of issues facing a dramatically changing workforce.