Political leaders, and doers present concepts, ideas, visions, and plans on how society adapts to aging challenges and what innovations are in the pipeline and are about to be realized.
Bio
Dan Cinelli
Dan Cinelli is a Principal at Perkins Eastman, the leading architectural firm for senior living products.
Arnoud Gelauff
Arnoud Gelauff is Principal at Arons Gelauff Architecten. He is an architect and urban planner for award-winning buildings in the Netherlands.
Erhard An-He Kinzelbach
Erhard An-He Kinzelbach is founder of KNOWSPACE, an architecture practice with innovative projects built in Europe and China; has received numerous awards, is widely published, and internationally exhibited.
Emi Kiyota
Emi Kiyota is founder and president of Ibasho. She is an environmental gerontologist and organizational culture change expert.
Manuel Ocana
Architecture and Thought Production Office, Mastermind behind Santa Rinta, a centre that distinguishes itself from a hospital-like environment by incorporating wide open spaces and interconnected zones.
Facility for care (usually long-term) of patients who are not sick enough to need hospital care but are not able to remain at home. Historically, most residents were elderly or ill or had chronic irreversible and disabling disorders, and medical and nursing care was minimal. Today nursing homes have a more active role in health care, helping patients prepare to live at home or with a family member when possible. They help conserve expensive hospital facilities for the acutely ill and improve the prospects of the chronically disabled. However, quality of care varies widely, and the potential for abuse exists.