Thomas (Tom) Grey
TrinityHaus Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin
Thomas (Tom) Grey
I hold a degree in architecture from the Dublin Institute of Technology and a Masters in architecture (Sustainability of the Built Environment) from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Following 10 years in practice working on projects in Ireland, the UK, Europe, the US and NZ, I joined TrinityHaus Research Centre in TCD in 2009. Since then I have undertaken a variety of urbanism and architectural research projects across all spatial scales, examining how people-friendly design can support inclusion, health, wellbeing and social participation throughout the lifecourse. Much of this work focuses on accessible and age-attuned urban space, communities and neighbourhoods, hospitals, residential long-term care settings, housing, and gardens and green spaces. This work is underpinned by Universal Design to include all people regardless of age, ability, disability, or neurodiversity. I bring together this people-centred design approach with my expertise in sustainable and low-carbon design to help create integrated built environments that support resilient, climate-responsive, healthful, and inclusive communities. I serve as an expert and advisor with a number of national organisations and committees such as the National Standards Authority of Ireland (e.g. Chair of NSAI/TC 023/SC 01 Accessibility in Built Environment) and the BRE Sub-group on housing for our ageing population. I am also the convenor support as part of the creation of new international standard ISO 25553 ” Smart Multigenerational Neighbourhoods – Guidance and Requirements All of these projects, research work, and outreach are based on collaboration, co-creation, and transdisciplinary methods and processes.
FURTHER INFORMATION
| Countries | Europe; Ireland; |
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| Topics | Age-friendliness; Ageing in place; Assistive Technologies; Care Homes; Climate Change and LTC; Cohousing; Housing Adaptations; Housing and care; Intergenerational approaches; New models of care; Universal design and LTC; |
| Methods | Case studies; Co-production methods; Creative research methods; Document analysis; Intervention development; Literature reviews and synthesis; Thematic analysis; |
| Role | Research; |
| Interest Groups | Ageing and Place; Climate Change and LTC; |
| Website | https://www.tcd.ie/trinityhaus/ |
| ORC.ID | 0000-0002-3705-8666 |
| GOOGLE SCHOLAR | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AXUr320AAAAJ&hl=en |
| Bluesky | https://bsky.app/profile/tomgrey.bsky.social |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-grey-a1527a18/ | |
| Other 2 | https://www.tcd.ie/research/profiles/?profile=greyt; |
| Research interests | The impact of the built environment on the occupants of long-term residential care settings (including residents, staff, family members, and other visitors Planning and design of long-term residential care settings Universal Design and long-term residential care Climate adaptation and resilience of the built environment Brain health across the life course and the Engagement and co-creation
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| Key publications | Lawlor, B. and Grey, T. and Cotter, E.J. and Espina Diaz, M. and Robertson, I.H., Bringing brain health home: the importance of housing and the urban environment for building this generation’s brain health, Cities and Health, 2024 Grey T, O’Donoghue J, Xidous D, O’Neill D, Long-Term Residential Care and the Built Environment: Improving Quality of Life and Resilience Through a Universal Design Approach, Stud Health Technol Inform, 320, 2024, p207-214 O’Donoghue J, Xidous D, Grey T, O’Neill D, Residential Long-Term Care and the Built Environment: Balancing Quality of Life and Infection Control, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2023 Grey, T.; Xidous, D.; O Neill, D.; Collier, M.J., Growing Older Urbanism: exploring the nexus between ageing, the built environment, and urban ecosystems, Urban Transformations, 5, 2023, p8 Grey, T, O’Donoghue, J, Xidous, D, Nicol, S, Kennelly, S, Coveney, E, O”Neill, D, 142 Identifying common housing conditions affecting older people relevant to integrated Care for Older Persons in Ireland, Age and Ageing, 52, (Supplement_3), 2023 Grey T, Xidous D, O’Donoghue J, Kennelly S, O’Neill D, Improving Quality of Life and Enhancing COVID-19 Infection Control in Existing Residential Care Settings for Older People: Universal Design Guidelines, Dublin, Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, 2022, p1 – 44 O’Neill D, Xidous D, O’Donoghue J, Puntambekar M, Grey T, Residential long-term care, Covid-19 and architecture and design of the built environment, European Geriatric Medicine, 18th Congress of the European Geriatric Medicine Society, London, 28-30 September 2022, 13, (Suppl 1), 2022, ppS355 Zallio M., Grey T., Boland P., Kelly H., White P.J., O’Ferrall E., Online-based participatory design. A Case Study of Developing International Standards during a Pandemic, Strategic Design Research Journal, 15, (1), 2022, p39 – 51, p39-51 Grey T, Xidous D, O’Donoghue J, Kennelly S, O’Neill D, Universal Design for Improving Quality of Life and Enhancing COVID-19 Infection Control in Existing Residential Care Settings for Older People: Research Report, Dublin, Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, 2022, p1 – 110 O’Neill D, Grey T, Xidous D, O’Donoghue J, Puntambekar M, Rethinking nursing home architecture and design in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Innovation in Aging, Gerontological Society of America 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting, Indianapolis, USA, 2-6 November 2022, 6, (Suppl 1), 2022, pp790 – 791 Emma Burke; Jennifer O”Donoghue; Sean Kennelly; Dimitra Xidous; Thomas Grey; Desmond O”Neill, Mapping quality of life domains in nursing homes, Springer Nature, 17th Congress of the European Geriatric Medicine Society, 11-13 October 2021, 2021 Anderson DC, Grey T, Kennelly S, O’Neill D, Nursing Home Design and COVID-19: Balancing Infection Control, Quality of Life, and Resilience, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21, (11), 2020, p1519 – 1524 Xidous D, Grey T, Kennelly SP, O’Neill D, Dementia Friendly Hospital Design: Key Issues for Patients and Accompanying Persons in an Irish Acute Care Public Hospital , Health Environments Research & Design, 13, (1), 2020, p48 – 67 Grey,T., Xidous, D., O’Neill, D. 2020. Design and the built environment to support patients living with dementia and accompanying persons in acute hospitals. In FLEMING, R., ZEISEL, J. & BENNETT, K. 2020. World Alzheimer Report 2020: Design Dignity Dementia: dementia-related design and the built environment Volume 1, London, England: Alzheimer’s Disease International. https://www.alz.co.uk/research/world-report-2020. Grey T, Fleming R, Goodenough BJ, Xidous D, Möhler R, O’Neill D, Hospital design for older people with cognitive impairments including dementia and delirium: Supporting inpatients and accompanying persons (Protocol), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2019 Grey T, Xidous D, Kennelly S, Timmons S, O’Neill D, Dementia friendly hospitals from a Universal Design Approach: research and guidelines, Innovations in Aging, GSA 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, 13-17 Nov 2018, 2, (Suppl 1), 2018, pp943 Edelstein E, Anderson D, Grey T, O’Neill D, Clinicians for Design: A Convergence of Expertise to Enhance Cognition and Healthcare Design, Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture, Salk Institute, San Diego, 20-22 September, 2018, pp58-59 Xidous D, Grey T, Kennelly S, O’Neill D, Dementia-friendly hospital design: using thematic analysis to identify key issues for patients, family members and staff in Tallaght Hospital, Age and Ageing, Irish Gerontological Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Killarney, 30 Sept – 1 Oct, 45, (Supplement 2), 2016, ppii33 – ii33 Dimitra Xidous, Tom Grey, Sean Kennelly, Desmond O’Neill, 145 DEMENTIA FRIENDLY HOSPITAL DESIGN: USING THEMATIC ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY KEY ISSUES FOR PATIENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS AND STAFF IN TALLAGHT HOSPITAL, Age and Ageing, 45, (suppl 2), 2016, pii13.48–ii56 |