8:30-9:30 a.m

128-D. Weathering the Storm: Resilient Senior Living Design

Well-designed senior living communities provide a valuable and reassuring sense of stability to residents and team members. However, those feelings of security can be threatened, sometimes in an instant, by natural or human-made disasters that disrupt daily life and damage or destroy buildings. This session will showcase practical building design and emergency preparedness strategies to help your organization prepare for, adapt to, endure, and recover from adverse events. Presenters will familiarize you with the fundamental principles of resilient building design and guide you through proven methods to safeguard occupants and structures from natural disasters. They will also examine how evolving building codes, insurance requirements, and other factors influence resilient design.

• Grant Warner, Owner, BKV Group, Inc. — Washington, DC, USA
• Joe Jasmon, CEO, American Healthcare Management Group — Fruit Cove, FL, USA
• Patrick Crump, President & CEO, Morningside Ministries — San Antonio, TX, USA
• Brent Bartell, Principal, Hart Gaugler + Associates — Dallas, TX, USA