Healthcare Forum

For any professional involved in or interested in getting involved in healthcare design, this forum provide a venue for discussions on the latest trends and design concepts, and sharing knowledge through education, resources and communication. The Healthcare Forum supports design professionals in the challenging and rewarding field of healthcare design and acts as a source for exploring methods of design and innovation which create positive, effective healing environments.

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See photos from IIDA's program, Exploring Healthcare REdesign, here.  The event took place November 1, 2009 at the Healthcare Design '09 show at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando, Florida
 

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• AMD3 Foundation
• Society for the Advancement of Gerontological Environments (SAGE)
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation website sign-up link for research and reports on healthcare issues
• The Center for Health Design
  
• The American Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Interior Design Magazine
• Facility Care
• Modern Health
• Contract Magazine
• Assisted Living Success
• Contemporary Long Term Care
• Symposium on Healthcare Design
• Health Facilities Management Magazine
• Healthcare Design Magazine
• Praxis One - The Caritas Project
• Green Guide for Health Care™
• eMedicine
• Institute for Family- Centered Care
• Society for the Arts in Healthcare (SAH)
• American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers

All Professional and Associate Members of IIDA belonging to the Healthcare Forum (and living in the continental United States) will receive a complimentary copy of Healthcare Design Magazine.

• Design for Assisted Living: Guidelines for Housing the Physically and Mentally Frail by Victor Regnier, FAIA, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2002
• Assisted-Living Housing for the Elderly: Innovations in Design and Planning by Victor Regnier, FAIA, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1993
• Beautiful Barrier- Free: A Visual Guide to Accessibility by Cynthia Leibrock, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993
• Building for A Lifetime: The Design and Construction of Fully Accessible Homes by Margaret Wylde, Adrian Baron- Robbins and Sam Clark, The Taunton Press, 1994
• Design for Aging Review by The American Institute of Architects Design for Aging Center, The Images Publishing Group, 2004
• Elder Design, Designing and Furnishing A Home for Your Later Years by Rosemary Bakker, Penguin Books, 1997
• Hospitality Design for the Graying Generation by Alfred H Baucom, ASID, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1996
• Design Innovations for Aging and Alzheimer’s by ELIZABETH BRAWLEY, IIDA, AAHID. Order Autographed First Edition (PDF: 230KB) We have learned much in the past decade about designing supportive care environments for aging. Design Innovations for Aging and Alzheimer’s is a detailed guide for a broad range of design issues essential to maintaining independence and functional abilities, maximizing mobility, staying socially connected, and encouraging good health. It features:
• "Improving Healthcare With Better Building Design," edited by Sara O. Marberry (Health Administration Press, 2006) is all about how to use the emerging science of evidence-based design to build hospitals with healing environments that improve patient care and staff loyalty, medical outcomes, safety, institutional productivity, and financial performance while decreasing medical errors and waste.