Campus Office: 376 Design
Research Interests
Healthcare Design & Wellness
Environmental Gerontology
Aging in Place
Human and Computer Interaction
Current Projects
GRANT
Fieldstead & Company Endowment for Community Enhancement Fund (,000).
Revitalizing Small Communities for Aging Population in Iowa: Making Home Modifications More Accessible
Publication Subvention Grant – Scholarly work (,500)
Space planning for clinical settings
2020 American Occupational Therapy Foundation – Health Services Research (,000)
Predicting Individuals’ Functional Difficulties at Home Using Statistical Machine Learning
2020 BNIM Regenerative Design Challenge (,500)
A Best Practice Manual for Aging in Place: Revitalizing Small Communities for Aging Population in Iowa
2019 Bridging the Divide from the office of the vice president for research (,916)
Saving Older Adults Living in Darkness: Ambient Intelligence Technology of Lighting System
JOURNAL ARTICLES – PEER-REVIEWED
Lee, M., Kim, D., Bian, J., Romero, S., Bliznyuk, N. (2023). Identifying demographic and home features influencing older adults’ home functioning by using machine learning models, Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Alam, S, Kim, D. (2023). Wayfinding design for older adults with dementia in a long-term care facility, Health Environment Research and Design Journal
Parks, M., Kim, D. (2023). Using a web-based digital simulation to foster empathy for older adults with eye impairments, Educational Gerontology
Kim, D., Bian, H., Chang, C., Dong, L, Margreet, J. (2022). Unobtrusive in-home monitoring for aging in place: A scoping review, Interactive Journal of Medical Research
Lee, M.J.; Kim, D.; Romero, S.; Hong, I.; Bliznyuk, N.; Velozo, C. (2022). Examining Older Adults’ Home Functioning Using the American Housing Survey. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 4691. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084691
Kim, D. (2021) Understanding how older adults negotiate environmental hazards in their home, Journal of Aging and Environment, DOI: 10.1080/26892618.2021.1918814
Sprowls, M., Serhan, M., Chou, E., Lin, L., Frames, C., Kucherenko, I., Mollaeian, K., Li, Y., Jammula, V., Logeswaran, D., Khine, M., Yang, Y., Lockhart, T., Claussen J., Dong, L., Chen, J. J., Ren, J., Gomes, C., Kim, D., Margrett, J., Narasimhan, B., Forzani, E. (2021). Integrated sensing systems for monitoring interrelated physiological parameters in young and aged adults, Special Issue on Prognostics and Health Management for Human Health & Performance II, 12(4), https://doi.org/10.36001/IJPHM.2021.v12i4.2914
Kim, D., Chang, C., Margaret, J. (2021). Understanding older adults’ perception and usage of indoor lighting in independent senior living, Health Environment Research and Design Journal, 14(3), 215-228, https://doi.org/10.1177/1937586720988616
Parrott, K R., Lee, S., Kim, D., Robinson, S. R. & Giddings, V. L. (2021) The role of informal support systems in residential environments for low-income older renters: An exploratory study, Housing and Society, 48:3, 314-327, https://doi.org/10.1080/08882746.2020.1839841
Kim, D., Bosch, S. J., Lee, J. H. (2020) Alone with others: Response and needs of college students at the academic library, Journal of Academic Librarianship, 46(2), 102098, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2019.102098
Kim, D., Lee, S., Kim, S-K, Giddings, V. L., & Robinson, S. R. (2020) Home environmental barriers for low-income older renters: An empirical study with the aging-in-place perspective. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 36(1), 15-34
Lee, S., Kim, D., Kim, S-K., Parrott, K. R., Giddings, V. L., & Robinson, S. R. (2019) Emerging themes on aging in place from low-income elderly renters, Housing and Society, 46(2), 110-127, http://doi.org/ 10.1080/08882746.2019.1613880
Lee, S., Kim, D., Parrott, K. R., Giddings, V. L., & Robinson, S. R. (2019) Financial and health challenges for low-income (US) elderly homeowners aging in place, Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 111(2), 31-42
Kim, D., & Portillo, M. (2018) Fall hazards within senior independent living: A case-control study of high and low fall rate buildings, Health Environment Research and Design Journal, 11(4), 65-81, http://doi.org/10.1177/1937586717754185
Lee, S., Kim, D., Parrott, K. R., Giddings, V. L., & Robinson, S. R. Perceptions on residential environments for urban low-income elderly homeowners aging in place, Housing and Society, 44(1-2), 4-21, https://doi.org/10.1080/08882746.2017.1384992
Kim, D., & Ahrentzen, S. Environmental and behavioral circumstances and consequences of falls in a senior living development, Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 31(4), 286-301, https://doi.org/10.1080/02763893.2017.1335667
Platt, L. S., Bosch, S. J., & Kim, D. Toward a framework for designing person-centered mental health interiors for veterans, Journal of Interior Design, 42(2), 27-48. One of the journal’s top 20 most downloaded papers in 2016-2017, https://doi.org/10.1111/joid.12095
Bosch, S. J., Apple, M., Hiltonen, B., Worden, E., Lu, Y., Nanda, U., & Kim, D. To see or not to see: Investigating the links between patient visibility and potential moderators affecting the patient experience, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 47, 33-43
Campbell, N., & Kim, D. Designing an ageless social community: Adapting a new urbanist social core to suit baby boomers in later life, Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 30(2), 156-174, http://doi.org/10.1080/02763893.2016.1162253
Kim, D., Lee, J. H., & Ha, M. Exploring perceptions of designers and medical staff in South Korea about design elements for the elder-friendly hospital, Journal of Interior Design, 39(4), 15-32, https://doi.org/10.1111/joid.12034
