We all know that we feel at home in some spaces, adrift in others. As we get older this feeling of being at home is crucial to a person’s well being and dependent on the quality of the space that surrounds us. This, especially at a time when our homes have reemerged...
As it often happens in life, clues come in sequence. At our last AWGO Salon Dr. Guy Micco, Clinical Professor in the UCB/UCSF Joint Medical Program and Director of the UC Berkeley Academic Geriatric Resource Center, talked about what people associate with “old” and...
It is the 1998’s and design for aging is not at the forefront of people’s mind but Lynette Evans designed the interior of a house for her elder parents with a lot of foresight in mind. It allowed her mother after her stroke to continue to live in her own home. The...
At last week’s ‘Thought Leader Roundtable and Dinner’ Family Caregiver Alliance of San Francisco kicked off a discussion on the future of care giving by looking at the potential that private and public partnerships can provide. This comes at a time when many...
Hospitality: ” The friendly reception and treatment of guests or strangers; an act or show of welcome.” Hospitality emerged as a common thread in the last two AHWGO salons. In March Rabbi Elliot Kukla and Beth MacLoed talked about the art of giving and receiving care....
How can I summarize so many different events? A fabulous presentation and ensuing discussion at our AHWGO Salon in February by Dmitri Belser the Executive Director of the Center for Accessible Technology made clear that barriers to technology use by older adults is...
