Happy Senior LivingHappy Senior Living

This symposium is the closing event of a joint research programme by TU Eindhoven and TU Delft supported by 4TU. The two universities jointly built decision support tools to support municipalities and developers in developing the best living concepts for seniors. This is based on scientific research and in collaboration between architects and social scientists. In 2040, one in four Dutch people will be over 65. This makes 5 million seniors. The government expects that 44 thousand homes will have to be added to this group every year. The tools developed would ensure that these homes can meet the desires of the seniors as much as possible.

The symposium brings together scientific research and best practices. The target groups are provinces and municipalities, architects and developers, care providers, housing corporations and others who are working on innovative living (care) concepts for seniors.

Walk-in and coffee During the walk-in, images of the research project 'Long may we Live: New Housing for the Elderly in the Archives of Het Nieuwe Instituut' will be projected.

Opening Remarks Welcome by Dirk van den Heuvel, head of the Jaap Bakema Study Centre

Tools Dick van Gameren (TU Delft) and Ioulia Ossokina (TU Eindhoven) will give presentations on tools that support the development of residential concepts for seniors

Keynote Lecture Floris Alkemade, State Architect, will talk about housing and care in neighborhoods.

Break

Best Practices Three presentation on best practice experiences about living (with care) for seniors:

• Pascale Bartels, director of WoonincPlusVitalis, a housing corporation that offers housing and care as a package,
• Stephan Maussen, board member of Kilimanjaro, a foundation that guides collective commissioning by seniors,
• Jan de Graaf, chairman of the board of WVO Zorg, a healthcare provider that develops new residential care and welfare centers for seniors.

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