New “Impact for Aging” Toolbox Elements Now Available

Dalton, GA, January 23, 2017—In partnership with The Center for Health Design, J+J Flooring Group announced that four elements to the Center’s new “Impact for Aging” Toolbox are now available for public use at the Center’s website: www.healthdesign.org. 

The first of its kind, the “Impact of Aging” Toolbox focuses on the critically important and growing area of senior living facility design. Elements within the toolbox provide designers, facility managers and medical professionals with materials needed understand and implement the best possible solutions to support the challenges the increase of the senior population brings to healthcare environments.

J+J’s partnership with The Center allows professionals and non-professionals alike to access and use all of the toolbox elements for free through December 2017. Typically, selected portions of The Center’s various toolboxes are free and open to the public, while The Center’s Affiliate+ members have access to the complete toolbox.

The four toolbox elements now available are as follows:

An Executive Summary and Issue Brief—Under the umbrella title of “Universal Design: Designing for Human Needs,” these two tools describe the current state of aging and associated health outcomes. Information about universal design and sustainable design strategies that support aging and human needs, inspired by environments for aging, is also included.

A Universal Design Strategies Considerations Checklist—This tool supports a universal design approach to environments for aging populations and is structured around three sectors of the built environment: home and community (residential), healthcare and workplace.

A Design Strategies for Aging—Aging often involves a multitude of changing needs and priorities. However, there are human needs and desires that remain constant throughout the course of life. This tool provides the design strategies need to address basic physiological and safety needs, but also higher-level human needs as well. 

Additional toolbox elements that will be added later in the year include: webinars; expert interviews; project case studies; lessons learned; and blog articles.