SAGE - Society for the Advancement of Gerontological Environments

There's still time to register for this month's SAGE webinar, starring BKV Group's Grant Warner and Brent Bartell with Hart Gaugler + Associates! https://lnkd.in/gr9-qztZ

We are THRILLED to announce the release of the 2024 SAGE Post-occupancy Evaluation white paper of the amazing The Spires at Berry College! You can access the white paper, webinar presentation, and resources from SAGE POEs dating back to 2016 at https://lnkd.in/gDJ6SB92. This project, designed by Faulkner Design Group and THW Design, was the Award of Merit winner for the 2021 Environments for Aging Design Showcase, and the SAGE POE team was thoroughly impressed with this community. Special thanks to Stacy Peters Gardner and Nicole Hill with Faulkner Design Group, Kenneth Kite with THW Design, Laurie Steber, Executive Director of The Spires at Berry College, and Leah Cobb with Berry College for all of your help in making this POE and resulting white paper possible. And special thanks to Tarkett for your generous sponsorship of this initiative. The multidisciplinary 2024 SAGE POE team included Team Leads Amy Carpenter and Migette Kaup, Lisa Warnock, Tammy Sealer, Andrew Carle, and Sandra Soraci, EDAC, LEED AP, NCIDQ, IIDA and Margaret Bartholomew with Tarkett.

Join us on next month's SAGE webinar, "Weathering the Storm: Resilient Senior Living Design," presented by Grant Warner with BKV Group and Brent Bartell with Hart Gaugler + Associates. Wednesday, March 26 1 pm ET, noon CT, 11 am MT, 10 am PT Well-designed senior living communities provide a sense of permanence and longevity.?However that permanence can be routinely and sometimes dramatically challenged by natural or human-made disasters.?Emergencies, violence and pandemics can completely disrupt our ways of life.?Weather-related events such as hurricanes, tornadoes and flooding can compromise or destroy buildings in an instant.?Owners, architects, engineers and contractors are called upon to design and build resilient senior communities that can endure these challenges.?Protecting the health, safety and welfare of our residents and their care-partners is paramount.?Both during an event and equally importantly to return to use as shelter in the aftermath.?This session will highlight practical building design and emergency preparedness strategies that can more successfully adapt to today’s myriad challenges and that can help communities endure and recover from adverse events. Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/gwGR4cMZ

Please join us in congratulating Kyra Orvis with AG Architecture, Inc. Kyra is one of two recipients of the 2025 David A Green Memorial Award and will enjoy an Environments for Aging conference experience this April in Lexington, Kentucky. Special thanks to the Green family and to Emerald for making this award possible for up-and-coming great minds!

Please join us in congratulating Seokyung Park with Texas A&M Architecture Department. Seokyung is one of two recipients of the 2025 David A Green Memorial Award and will enjoy an Environments for Aging conference experience this April in Lexington, Kentucky. Special thanks to the Green family and to Emerald for making this award possible for up-and-coming great minds!

Join us for next week's SAGE webinar, "How the Built Environment Can Help Recruit and Retain Talented Caregivers," presented by David Mills with AgeWell Solvere Living and Isaac Wallace with ERDMAN. Wednesday, February 12, 2025 1 pm ET, noon CT, 11 am MT, 10 am PT A rapidly aging population, higher-acuity care needs, continued financial pressure, and unprecedented challenges in hiring and retaining qualified caregivers are all contributing to the resource crisis facing the long-term care industry. It is critical to develop effective strategies to keep existing and attract new care providers. In this session, we invite senior care owners, operators, and designers to explore the built environment as a means of retaining well-qualified workers and attracting a new cohort of workers for the future. Learn strategies to maximize efficiency, safeguard the health and well-being of care providers, and create communities where people want to work and thrive while providing safe, high-quality care. Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/gDXKPnZz

SAGE Members! Planning to attend the Environments for Aging Conference + Expo in Lexington this April? Be sure to join other SAGErs and their guests for the SAGE member reception on Saturday, April 26 at 6pm! Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/gaQ8NFPZ Remember, SAGE members save 10% off EFA Conference registration: https://lnkd.in/g379ZxXa A HUGE thank you to the sponsors who have already committed to sponsor this event! Platinum Sponsor Tarkett, Gold Sponsor RDG Planning & Design, Silver Sponsors BKV Group, Patcraft and Mohawk Group.

The conclusion of 2024 marked the conclusion of Andrew Alden with AG Architecture, Inc.'s term as SAGE treasurer. While we are so sad to see him go, we are thrilled to share that the SAGE board has appointed Lisa Warnock with Glow Interior Designs, LLC to that position! We know she will keep the SAGE finances in tip-top shape. Lisa's transition to the treasurer position left her term as a SAGE director incomplete, so today the SAGE board appointed Jeffery Beegle, CHEC with Three Pillars Senior Living Communities to complete Lisa's term. Jeffery was a natural choice for this appointment, with his enthusiasm for SAGE and the industry. Also, with Steve Lindsey with Garden Spot Communities's second term as a SAGE director concluding in 2024, the board felt it important to appoint a new board member who continues to represent the provider perspective on the board. Jeffery is currently in Portland with Lisa and SAGE President Jill Schroeder for the Environments for Aging Design Showcase live jury deliberations. This photo was taken just after Jill and Lisa shared the good news with Jeffery!

Check out these great SAGE minds, gathered at Rose Villa Senior Living in Portland! These SAGErs are assembled to jury the 2025 Environments for Aging Design Showcase. From left: Newly appointed SAGE board member Jeffery Beegle, CHEC with Three Pillars Senior Living Communities , SAGE Treasurer Lisa Warnock with Glow Interior Designs, LLC, SAGE President Jill Schroeder with BKV Group, Anne Machian with RDG Planning & Design, Janice Goo Sanada with LRS Architects, Inc., Jennifer Fleming with Rice Fergus Miller, Inc. - a B Corp, Jami Mohlenkamp with OZ Architecture, and Tom McQuillen, AIA LEED AP with Lizard Rock Designs. We look forward to learning the results of your deliberations! Interested in serving on a future EFA Design Jury? Visit https://lnkd.in/gBHacMdG

This is so timely. See below from SAGE Board Member Grant Warner, AIA, LEED AP with BKV Group. https://lnkd.in/gjsshYRD