Environmental Gerontologist, ImprovAgingTM
Sole Proprietor, Woman Owned Business
New York City, New York
Lorraine G. Hiatt, Ph.D. Environmental Gerontologist, ImprovAgingTM, a New York-based, woman owned consultation business focused on environmental design for aging and effective staffing.
Overview: Consultation rooted in on site, hands-on, evidence-based research. Consultation input responds to each client’s and team’s thinking and open issues. Settings: new, "repositioned" and “remodel, or adaptive re-use;” urban, suburban and rural. User “markets” include licensed health and memory, assisted living, and adult day, P.A.C.E. as well as individual homes; coops, fitness/wellness and specialties: arts, spirituality, intergenerational.
Experience: 50 years of “post-occupancy” and on-site research, planning and design participation; 820 projects, 46 states. Pre-pandemic, Lori traveled 200 days yearly. Currently, she works with team photos and Matterport tm video, data and benchmarks to expedite initial planning and review (virtually and on-site).
Topics: Design criteria, details and review re: safety, movement, social choices, memory and “bio-care” (bathrooms for resident/staff safety (FGI and VA approvals from 20 states; waivers in 3). Small home design: attached and multi-story variations. Staffing: attracting and streamlining time/effort across shifts; “stealth” and Covid service initiatives.
Recent: Saint John’s on the Lake, Milwaukee, WI (2021); Veterans Homes (PA, WI, RI, NV, FL; 2018-2022) New Courtland, Philadelphia, PA: Affordable (Retrofit/New); PACE; InnovageTM (2016-2021). Memory Enhancement: New: Abe’s Garden (Nashville, TN); Piper Shores (Portland, ME); Glen Hiland Meadows, Queensbury, NY; Retrofit: (Ferncliff, NY) (2018-2022).
Education: Graduate Center, CUNY, Environmental Psychology Ph.D. 1985
Cornell, Ithaca, NY, Design and Environmental Analysis, MA, 1974; BS, 1969
Recent Awards: EFA Design for Aging, 2019 (Woman of the Year).
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Wednesday, May 18, 2022
8:50 AM – 9:50 AM