SAGE is a national voluntary, multi-disciplinary organization whose purpose is to improve built environments for older adults.  Members include health care providers, architects, state and federal regulators, interior designers, landscape architects, educators, researchers, clinicians, manufacturers, and older individuals.  The purpose of SAGE is to encourage and facilitate:
            ·education about the impact of environments on older adults and how to design better buildings
            ·collaboration among all disciplines involved in facility development, operations, and regulation
            ·research to improve environments through testing ideas and evaluating results
            ·regulatory change to encourage more effective environments for clients and staff.

 While SAGE Federation is the national entity of SAGE, most of the work must occur within state chapters of SAGE since nursing home and assisted living building codes are state based.  Active state chapters exist in Wisconsin, Utah and Kansas.    Welcome to the SAGE Wisconsin website.

Vision of SAGE: 

“A world in which the built environment maximizes the individual potential of every older adult.”

Site last updated 10/05/2007