Forums | At Home with Growing Older

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...

Intergenerational Connections

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

April 16, 6 pm to 8pm Francis of Assisi Residence 145 Guerrero Street, San FranciscoIntergenerational work builds the capacity of younger and older adults to shape their awareness for each others’ life situations. Dance Generators at University of San Francisco...

Falling: Not Just About Safety

by Susanne Stadler | Feb 23, 2015 | 2015 Forums, Past Forums

This talk addresses the hugely important topic of falling incidents among older adults both from a research and practical perspective. The fear of falling (Ptophobia) can be debilitating and in some cases can lead to older adults becoming bed ridden. Falls are one of...

Aging in the LGBT Community

by Susanne Stadler | Jan 28, 2015 | 2015 Forums, Past Forums

This AHWGO forum focuses on the special challenges of being ‘at home with growing older’ in the LGBT community, the work of Openhouse San Francisco and current political issues such as the financial challenge older people in the community face who are transitioning...