2015 Forums | At Home with Growing Older

Reflections Of An Octogenarian: Written and Performed by Jayne Ross

by Susanne Stadler | Dec 17, 2015 | 2015 Forums, Our Selves, Past Forums

Thursday December 17, 6pm to 8pm Francis of Assisi Community 145 Guerrero Street, San FranciscoHardly a day goes by that a story doesn’t appear somewhere about growing old. Most of these are written by someone decades younger than the subject of the piece. TAKE...

Our Bodies Ourselves

by Susanne Stadler | Nov 19, 2015 | 2015 Forums, Past Forums

November 19, 2015 6 pm to 8pm Ed Roberts Campus (Koret Conference Room) 3075 Adeline Street, Berkeley (Across from the Ashby Bart Station)We hold two simultaneously different and irreconcilable images of aging: the vibrant senior who cruises and plays golf daily or...

From Paris Café Music to Memory Care

by Susanne Stadler | Sep 30, 2015 | 2015 Forums, Past Forums

This forum was held on: October 15, 2015 from 6-8pm Francis of Assisi Residence: 145 Guerrero Street, San Francisco We need a revolution in dementia care. People with forgetfulness should have the opportunity to participate in life outside their homes and to reconnect...

Dementia-Enabling Spaces

by Susanne Stadler | Jun 24, 2015 | 2015 Forums, Past Forums

September 24, 2015 6 pm to 8pm Ed Roberts Campus (Koret Conference Room) 3075 Adeline Street, Berkeley (Across from the Ashby Bart Station)With increased longevity comes a higher risk of dementia. In the United States alone, roughly five million people suffer from...

Embolden Bodies – Human Centered Design For Independent Living

by Susanne Stadler | May 31, 2015 | 2015 Forums, Past Forums

June 23, 6pm to 8pm IDEO Offices,Pier 28 Annex San Francisco The tools we use to interface with the world around us impact our lives and how we feel about ourselves. They make us feel competent, powerful, taken care of, respected, forgotten, diminished,...

Aging Artfully

by Susanne Stadler | May 8, 2015 | 2015 Forums, Past Forums

March 21, 2015 6 pm to 8pm Ed Roberts Campus (Koret Conference Room) 3075 Adeline Street, Berkeley (Across from the Ashby Bart Station) Sustaining or unearthing one’s creative spirit is a key life force, never more important than in the stage of life when...