Sheila Malkind, who in her 70’s, runs the Legacy Film Festival on Aging in San Francisco, presented at the last AHWGO salon in January a selection of films from the festival. One of them, ‘The Sandwich Generation’by Julie Winkour initiated a very interesting exchange...
10 points from Professor Eileen Gambrill’s talk and ensuing discussion at the recent AHWGO salon. 1. Decisions about our health are emotional decisions. Unless one is an expert in the field one does not know what information is missing and what questions to ask as...
“Everybody at this time in their lives should know emotionally and spiritually what it is that fills their well…” Surfing For Life , Shay Bintliff, MD and lifelong surfer. Roy Earnest the co-producer of this 1999 documentary recently talked at AHWGO about such...
“Just as those in the medical profession can treat and heal so can designers”.  Most of us have experienced the importance of nature in our well being, looking out over the vast ocean, watching a humming bird buzz around a fragrant bush, harvesting tomatoes in our...
Yes, it still starts in Kansas. I was invited recently to talk to the New Cities Initiative at the University of Kansas about design for intergenerational living “Outside Places of People – Opportunities for Connectivity and being ‘At Home With Growing Old’. Dennis...
