Redwing Keyssar who recently spoke at AHWGO set out early in her life to assist people in this transformation. Throughout these years she has kept a journal. Those stories and reflections are now part of her insightful book “Last Act of Kindness”. She continues to be a midwife to the dying and is currently the [...]
Entries from May 31st, 2011
A Midwife to the Dying – Assisting in the Transformation from Life to Death
by Susanne Stadler | May 31st, 2011 | 1 Comment
Dancing About Architecture
by Maryam Rostami | May 24th, 2011 | No Comments
I recently had the opportunity to catch a couple of films that were presented as part of the Legacy Film Series Film Festival on Aging, curated by director Sheila Malkind. As a sometime choreographer myself, I was compelled to watch the series of films that were most dance-related: on Sunday the 15th I watched Happy [...]
Age-Friendly, Livable Communities and Life Long Communities
by Susanne Stadler | May 2nd, 2011 | No Comments
The ASA (American Society on Aging) Conference in San Francisco has come to an end. Tessa Ten Tuscher (clinical psychology), Howard Lau (industrial engineering) and I (Susi Stadler – architecture) collaborated on a workshop. The topic was how we can implement a human centered design approach to the complex issues of aging by stepping outside [...]
