‘At old age living becomes dwelling’ (Wohnen im Alter wird “zum Leben selbst”). When home becomes the primary environment the individuality, comfort and functionality of such home is then more crucial than ever. It is our life. How we organize this life differs from...
Do you remember your parents talking about aging? I cannot remember such conversations. Maybe I was too involved with my young self but it was not part of the conversation. Growing old was part of the course of life. My parents were much more ‘settled’...
Planners and city officials in some suburban towns are making efforts to densify their town with the goal to attract retirees who want services close at hand. The European city with their high density and good transportation network is a model planners look to. There...
I am in the 50s age bracket, or as it often called now the ‘coming of age’ bracket. This by the way is also the title of a wonderful book by Simone de Beauvoir who talks about how the old are treated in different societies at different times in history and right now...
At our last AHWGO Marie Jobling talked about her efforts for the San Francisco Community Living Campaign that is introducing tyze, one of the internet network tools that facilitates building community around a person or cause. It is sort of a village idea on the net,...
