SHAYNA: NEARLY 200 BUILDINGS AROUND THE WORLD CARRY A WELL CERTIFICATION.
ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL WELL BUILDING INSTITUTE, MORE THAN 1600 ARE IN THE PIPELINE PURSUING THAT STATUS.
INTERIOR AND TEXTILE DESIGNER CECELIA WALKER SAYS THE WELLNESS TREND IS CONCENTRATED ON COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE RIGHT NOW, BUT DEMAND IS BUILDING IN PRIVATE HOMES.
>> THERE IS SO MANY THINGS WE ARE ALREADY DOING.
WE ARE MAKING ADVANCES IN LIGHTING DESIGNED AND A LOT OF THE MATERIALS WE ARE USING TODAY.
SHAYNA: NATURAL MATERIALS.
WALKER SAYS THEY ARE Q2 BREATHING EASIER AT HOME.
>> BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE AIR QUALITY IN OUR HOMES HAS TWO TO FIVE MORE TIMES POLLUTANTS THAN OUTDOOR AIR’S.
IT IS ALL OF THE OFFGASSING OF FABRICS, OF OUR MATTRESSES.
THE FILLING IN OUR SOFAS.
THE OFFGASSING FROM RUGS.
SHAYNA: WHAT IS IN YOUR RUG AND UNDER IT AND MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
>> THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF CARPETS MADE OUT OF NATURAL FIBERS.
THIS IS A LATEX BACKING.
LATEX IS A NATURAL PRODUCT.
THESE ARE WOOL EXAMPLES AND THIS HAS A NATURAL BACKING AND THIS IS JUST WOOL.
SHAYNA: WALKER SAYS GOOD VENTILATION AND ACCESS TO THE OUTDOORS IS IDEAL.
IF THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE, BRING NATURE IN.
>> IF YOU THINK OF A 10 BY 10 ROOM, ONE PLANT IN A 100 SQUARE-FOOT SPACE IS ENOUGH TO CLEAN THE AIR.
NASA RECOMMENDS CERTAIN PLANTS.
ONE OF THEM BEING THE BOSTON FERN.
>> BRIGHTEN A ROOM WITH A GERBER A DAISY OR A PEACE LILY.
TOMORROW NASA’S LISTS OF AIR FILTERING PLANS.
EATING HEALTHY IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF WELLNESS.
KITCHEN DESIGN NEEDS TO INCORPORATE PLENTY OF SPACE TO PREP AND COOK MEALS.
>> TWO IS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF WORKSPACES AND YOU NEED ON AVERAGE THREE-TO FOUR FEET OF COUNTER SPACE TO HAVE A PLACE TO PREPARE FOOD AND ORGANIZE THE FOOD PREPARATION.
ERIKA: CREATE A COZY CORNER TO READ OR REFLECT.
WALKER EXPLAINS POPULAR OPEN CONCEPT LAYOUTS CAN LEAD TO STRESS.
IF ROOMS ARE CROWDED WITH STUFF.
>> WHAT IT CREATES IS A LOT OF BUSINESS.
YOU SEE ALL OF THE BUSINESS ALL OF THE TIME.
NO TIME TO GET AWAY AND RESTORE.
ERIKA: HER NUMBER ONE SUGGESTION:?
>> RINGING NATURAL LIGHT OR THE OUTDOORS IN.
ERIKA: AT THE SCANDINAVIAN LIVING CENTER AND CULTURAL CENTER IN NEWTON, OUTDOOR SPACES ARE BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED.
INSIDE, LARGE PICTURE WINDOWS OVERLOOK A CENTRAL COURTYARD.
RESIDENTS LOVE IT.
>> THE LIGHT THAT POURS IN, THE SIZE.
>> PARTICULARLY THE SIZE.
IT IS A SMALL FACILITY AND IT DOES NOT FEEL LIKE AN INSTITUTION.
>> NOT AT ALL.
SHE IS 17.
SO SHE IS A SENIOR.
ERIKA: THEY ARE GOOD FRIENDS.
THEY LIVE IN TWO OF 40 APARTMENTS IN THIS ASSISTED LIVING CENTER BASED ON SCANDINAVIAN PRINCIPLES.
JOE CARELLA HAS BEEN ON A MISSION TO TRANSFORM ELDERCARE SINCE HE WAS 17.
>> I TORE MY ACL.
THE ACCIDENT, I WAS TOLD AT THE HOSPITAL THAT THEY WOULD PUT ME AT THE GERIATRIC WARD.
FOUR DAYS, FOUR NIGHTS, I WAS TRANSFORMED.
IT WAS THE WORST EXPERIENCE I HAVE EVER HAD.
ERIKA: AFTER GETTING AN MBA AT BABSON, HE GOT TO WORK.
IN THE 19 90’S, TRAVELING TO SCANDINAVIA TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WERE DOING RIGHT.
>> I SAW PROFESSORS AND PROFESSIONALS, ADMINISTRATORS, RESIDENTS, I STAYED IN A SERVICE HOME WHICH IS OUR ASSISTED LIVING.
ERIKA: HE SOUGHT AUTONOMY, A RESIDENTIAL MODEL NOT INSTITUTIONAL.
AND YES, LOTS OF LIGHT.
WHICH MEANT LESS APARTMENTS, LESS INCOME.
ERIKA: WHEN PEOPLE WOULD SAY TO ME YEARS AGO, YOU ARE CRAZY FOR BUILDING 50% COMMON SPACE, MY BUILDING COMMEDIA WOULD SAY TO ME, NO, THAT’S NORMAL.
LET’S KEEP GOING.
ERIKA: ABOVE ALL, HE SAYS HE SAW A COMMITMENT TO BRINGING THE LARGER COMMUNITY IN.
>> ISOLATION, ONCE YOU HAVE IT, IS INSTITUTIONAL.
THERE IS NO WELLNESS THERE.
WE HAVE OVER 40 ORGANIZATIONS THAT USES HEADQUARTERS, GATHERING PLACE.
>> PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER NEWTON COME HERE ALL THE TIME.
ERIKA: DO 10 MAYOR RUTHANN FULLER SAYS THE CITY IS USING THIS PLACE AS A MODEL AS THEY DESIGN A NEW SENIOR CENTER.
>> IT IS JUST A SPECIAL PLACE WHERE WE CROSS THE BOUNDARIES AND THE BORDERS OF AGE.
ERIKA: THE SCANDINAVIAN CULTURAL CENTER WHICH SHARES THE BUILDING IS A BIG DROP -- DRAW, HOSTING EVENTS FROM ART EXHIBITS TO MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, RESIDENTS ATTEND FOR FREE.
EVERYONE ELSE IS A PAYING CUSTOMER.
>> WE GET THE BROADEST AUDIENCE FROM OUR FOOD FESTIVAL WHICH HAPPENS EVERY SEPTEMBER AND WE HAVE OVER 500 PEOPLE WHICH VISIT.
ENJOY MUSIC, WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE FROM AS FAR AS WASHINGTON STATE, TO FLORIDA.
>> IT IS LIKE A HOTEL LOBBY HALL.
>> YOU ARE NOT LOOKING AT THE SAME THING ALL THE TIME.
>> AND YOU HAVE LOTS OF CHOICES.
ERIKA: THE OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW EXPERIENCES AT ANY AGE.
ALICE FEELS SO GOOD, SHE HAS GONE BACK TO WORK.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, SCANDINAVIA LIVING CENTER.
ERIKA: SHE IS THE PART-TIME RECEPTIONIST AND SAYS SHE COULD NOT ASK FOR A BETTER COMMUTE.
SHAYNA: WHAT A PLACE.
VERY CUTE.
YOU ARE SCANDINAVIAN.
DID YOU FEEL AT HOME?
ERIKA: ABSOLUTELY.
ONLY 37% OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE ARE SCANDINAVIAN.
AS I WAS TRYING TO GET THE HORSES INTO THE SHOTS, YOU ARE REDOING A HOME.
PAINT CECELIA WALKER SAYS NEUTRALS, BLUES.
SHAYNA: I’M IN LINE.
SHE ALSO SAYS NO REDS OR BRIGHT ORANGES.
WHY?
ERIKA: IT IS BRINGING IN THE OUTDOORS.
THOSE ARE SUPPOSED TO HYPE YOU UP.
SHAY