8:30-9:30 a.m

127-G. Beyond Memory Care: Designing Brain-Healthy Communities

Do current dementia care approaches reinforce separation in senior living communities, or do they position brain health as a unifying priority for all residents? This session will highlight one organization committed to the latter. Organization leaders will describe how their community invited people living with cognitive change to co-design the environments, services, and operational decisions that define its campus. They'll examine how this approach shifted the community's design to support autonomy, normalcy, and shared community life while challenging assumptions about risk, elopement, and safety. Join this session to broaden your understanding of how evidence-based brain health practices can inform senior living campus design.

• Maley Hunt, COO & Residential Services Administrator, LiveWell — Plantsville, CT, USA
• Michael Smith, President and CEO, LiveWell — Plantsville, CT, US
• Max Winters, Senior Designer, RLPS Architects — Lancaster, PA, United States