Organizations representing a broad variety of disciplines with an interest in, or affect on, the design of the built environment will provide exciting educational programs during INTERIORS '04: The ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) Conference on Design. This unique conference, open to all designers of the built environment, will take place March 4 - 7, 2004, at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center in Savannah, Ga.
AARP will present two sessions, "The Aging Baby Boomer Population
and the Implications for Society and Design" on Friday, March 5, from 10
a.m. to noon, and "Disabilities and Aging in the Workplace" on Saturday,
March 6, from 10 a.m. to noon. During "The Aging Baby Boomer Population,"
AARP long-term care specialists will explore the organization's extensive
demographic research on the elderly to inform participants how this large
population may profoundly affect how people live, work, play and heal in the
coming years. "Disabilities and Aging the Workplace" will provide an overview of AARP's extensive research on the growing aging workplace
population with specific reference to the wants, needs, attitudes and
requirements of older workers, and how designers can address these special
requirements in their workplace projects.