Healthcare Design - September 2017 - 9

EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Hank Adams

HELLO FROM THE
OTHER SIDE

Is healthcare ready for the baby boomers?
One senior living design expert isn't so sure
By Jennifer Kovacs Silvis

Carolyn BaRoss
Jody Barry

ADVENTIST CARE CENTERS

Jeffrey Brand
Sam Burnette

HDR

PERKINS+WILL

PERKINS EASTMAN

EARL S WENSSON ASSOCIATES

Sheila F. Cahnman
JUMPG ARDEN CONSULTING LLC

Thomas W. Chessum

CO ARCHITECTS

James Crispino
G ENSLER

Christine Hester Devens
WHEN OUR SISTER magazine Environments for Ag-

ing (EFA) was launched 20 years ago, senior living
design was "a subway ride" away from healthcare, as
described by a member of EFA's Editorial Advisory
Board during a recent call about design trends over
the past two decades, part of our anniversary coverage appearing in the Fall 2017 issue of the magazine.
At the time, both sectors were still deeply institutional in nature, but so much has evolved since then.
Today, more and more new senior housing properties are based on operational models that support
person-centered care, which is reflected in built environments that are more
residential (at times, even hospitality-like) in nature, featuring elements like
natural light and access to nature, with resident choice and comfort top of mind.
This shift occurred parallel to similar trends in healthcare, as patientcentered care guided the way on this side of the coin. It seems that senior living may still be a subway ride away from healthcare, but it's on a new track
with a much more comfortable train.
Many of you know this firsthand, either working across sectors yourselves or
in firms that do work in both. In fact, managing the needs of seniors in healthcare isn't a foreign concept, with the introduction of geriatric emergency departments gaining momentum to help address the influx of older patients
seeking care in EDs. But challenges remain, as Dan Cinelli, principal and executive director of Perkins Eastman, shared during our EFA discussion.
He recently visited a geriatric ED in Michigan and asked a clinician there
what her biggest fear was for those patients. Her response: when they're
sent to the inpatient environment, which hasn't been designed with seniors
in mind. "We need to start taking all the things we've learned about all the
minutiae of elder care and push that knowledge over the threshold to other
healthcare architects who are now seeing a massive number of elderly people on the healthcare doorstep," Cinelli said of the role senior living designers must serve.
As these two design sectors progress independently, it's important to remember where they converge. It may be time to ask your senior living colleague to lunch or visit a long-term care community, to pick up on design
strategies that will help ensure the healthcare spaces we build are supportive
and safe, for everyone. You might also consider checking out EFA to dig more
deeply into the mindset (you can find links to our most recent issue and archives at EFAmagazine.com), or attending the EFA Expo & Conference in
Savannah, Ga., in April 2018 (EnvironmentsforAging.com). 

Mary Frazier

AECOM

EWINGCOLE

Jocelyn Lum Frederick
H C TANG RAM DESIGN

Catherine L. Gow

F RANCIS CAUFFMAN

Natalie Miovski Hagerty
THE CHILDREN'S HOS PITAL OF PHILADELPHIA

Laurel Harrison

STANTEC

Suzen L. Heeley
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER

Walter Jones

METROHEALTH SYSTEM

Julie Kent

TRINITY HEALTH

Michael Lied
Jain Malkin

G BBN ARCHITECTS
J AIN MALKIN INC.

Mike McKay
Victoria Navarro
Don Orndoff

ERDMAN

ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE
KAISER PERMANENTE

Diane R.K. Osan

FKP ARCHITECTS

Mark Patterson

SMITHGROUPJJR

Andrew Quirk

S KANSKA USA BUILDING

Pamela H. Redden
HKS INC.

William D. Repichowskyj
E4H ARCHITECTURE

Joan Saba

NBBJ

Kim Shinn
TLC ENGINEERING FOR ARCHITECTURE

Janet H. Sisolak
UT MD A NDERS ON CANCER CENTER

Karl R. Sonnenberg
ZIMMER GUNS UL F RASCA ARCHITECTS LLP

Kurt Spiering

HGA

Steve Stokes CALLISONRTKL
Jeffrey C. Stouffer
Joseph Strauss

HKS INC.

CLEVELAND CLINIC

Paul E. Strohm
Jocelyn Stroupe

HOK

CANNONDESIGN

Joshua A. Theodore
Don Thomas

LEO A DALY
BWBR

Roger S. Ulrich
CHALMERS UNIVERS ITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Gary L. Vance

VANCE CONSULTING

SEPTEMBER 2017

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