October 2004 Dave DiFrancesco gives Presentation at AAHSA Dave DiFrancesco, AIA, a principal of Herman Gibans Fodor, Inc., made a presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) in Nashville, Tennessee on October 27, 2004. His talk, entitled Constructing a Home-like Environment from the Ground Up, reviewed the design and construction of the new Gardens of McGregor and Amasa Stone in East Cleveland, Ohio. Sue Neff, the Executive Director of the McGregor Campus, joined Dave in the presentation to review the history of this one hundred year old charitable institution. Their presentation examined how spatial arrangement, sensitive detailing and material use were applied to create a home-like environment for the residents of the new multi-million dollar nursing home. They also presented an analysis of the post-occupancy evaluation that highlighted aspects of the design that have worked as planned – as well as those that have not. In addition to the educational session, HGF was also represented in the of the "Knowledge Meets the Market" tradeshow. This expo is the nation's largest exhibition of aging products and services. As part of the Design Pavilion’s interactive classroom, Dave also presented The Little House on the Campus, a new fourteen-bed dementia-care assisted living facility at Laurel Lake in Hudson, Ohio. AAHSA is a national organization that is committed to advancing the vision of healthy, affordable, ethical aging services for America. The association represents 5,600 mission-driven, not-for-profit nursing homes, continuing care retirement communities, assisted living and senior housing facilities, and home and community-based service providers. AAHSA's members serve one million older persons across the country.