As the country's baby boomers reach their senior years and as longevity increases, there will be a surge of seniors. Projections from the US Census Bureau predict 2030 as a milestone year when older people will actually outnumber children for the first time in history.

How design efforts will address this "aging tsunami" is a topic of popular and critical concern. Our "Generational Design" courses will be of interest to architects addressing the needs of an aging population.

According to Sheila Weinstein in Psychology Today, the term Silver Tsunami was coined in reference to a statistic that claims the number of people over 65 is expected to increase from 40 million in 2010 to 55 million in 2020.

Earn up to 10 HSW continuing education hours while taking our Generational Design courses at a discounted price, using discount code PAGD to get 40% off your entire purchase. These are PDF based courses, with online quizzes at the end.


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Brief Course Overviews
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Biophilic Design and Senior Well Being for Architects...

- Aging Collective
(1 HSW hour)

Biophilic design can reduce stress, enhance creativity, improve well-being and expedite healing. Course focuses on benefits, elements and achieving results in the built environment, especially in design and architecture for the aging population. Biophilia is humankind's innate biological connection with nature, and biophilic design can reduce stress, enhance creativity...
Aging tsunami, silver tsunami, Ageless living, generational design

Ageless Living by Design
 

- Valerie Jurik-Henry
(2 HSW hours)

Aging of America along with Aging and the Housing Industry - what already is and where trends are heading. Aging is inclusive of all ages and the industry needs to start seeing that in their design for residential and commercial environments. Specific inclusive design concepts including products and their placement are featured.


Aging Tsunami, silver tsunami, aging in place

Where is Home - The Aging Population and Where...

- Aging Collective
(1 HSW hour)

How home is defined provides a baseline of understanding for you as professionals to know before working with the aging cohort. The trends of where seniors are living now, the costs of construction and living in that particular type of space are discussed. The history of elder care and regulatory guidelines, and within the continuum of care will be addressed.
Aging Tsunami, silver tsunami, aging in place

Aging in Place - Eliminating Traps

- Paul Spite
(4 HSW hours)

The aging process inevitably removes our ability to successfully perform daily tasks required to live and survive independently. But few are interested in surrendering their independence. We prefer to just age-in-place. The knowledge and technology to enable our elders to stay at home are well established and we will address, in broad language, how we may accomplish this.
Wellness revolution, Aging Tsunami, silver tsunami, aging in place

The Senior Wellness Revolution
 

- Aging Collective
(1 HSW hour)

America continues to face serious health issues and an ever-growing aging population. Increases in the rate of chronic disease due to sedentary lifestyles, poor nutrition habits, environmental issues, and stress are extreme. Join us as we explore the wellness revolution, the six dimensions of senior wellness, the probable environmental solutions to achieve positive results within each...
Demographic trends, Aging Tsunami, silver tsunami, aging in place

Demographic Trends and Changes in the Aging...

- Aging Collective
(1 HSW hour)

Building Design for the aging population is featured through descriptions of demographics, trends, and governmental policies. Understanding demographics helps professionals add value with architecture and design from concept to completion of a project. The content focuses on knowledge that support the health, safety and welfare (HSW) of aging occupants.

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Since 2003 PacePDH.com has delivered over 1.4 million online continuing education hours to more than 50,000 AEC professionals nationwide. Our online interactive audio/visual courses feature narration, images and illustrations. Our PDF format is a non-timed, read-only course with online testing at the end.

Note to AIA Members: New AIA rules do not allow its members to retake the same course at any time.