Lori Pinkerton-Rolet
Lori Pinkerton-Rolet

The Wellness Interior Design Audit (WIDA)

4 January 2026

Episode S6E01

We start our 6th season with an interview in which our host is actually our guest! TAD Marketing Director, Valerie Adler, talks to Lori about the importance of “Wellness” as a concept, and the launch of the Wellness Interior Design Audit (WIDA). Wellness should be more than just a marketing phrase. The audit, a result of a year of research and peer-reviewed by a panel of sector experts, is a self-assessment whose results will help you make modifications to your facility that can genuinely (and sometimes dramatically) improve wellness for residents, staff and guests.

About Lori Pinkerton-Rolet

Lori has been Director of Park Grove Design since 1993 and was recipient of the 2012 BIID Award of Merit for outstanding achievement in the field of Interior Design. She’s a Past President of the British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) and a member of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA). She also had the opportunity to serve on the Projects Panel of Construction Industry Council (CIC) which advises the UK government on issues related to the built environment and sat on the British Standards Committee for flammability performance for domestic furniture.  She holds an Aging in Place qualification in the United States and assisted in drafting three Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) professional services contracts for interior design. As a consultant, Lori has advised furniture and flooring companies on product development and was appointed by Akzo Nobel (Dulux) to conduct research for their care and dementia colour ranges.  

Lori’s first career was in national broadcasting in the United States where she produced and directed the Grammy Awards© for the international radio market. Combining both careers, she launched the Third Age Design (TAD) podcast in January 2021 to provide a global hub for sharing information to improve senior environments.  

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