The bad consciousness and feeling of inadequacy is for many of us reality when we are called upon to care for ailing, older parents. We are savages, hacking our way through often unchartered territory. It is difficult. We live far apart, are busy copying with our own...
Susan Poor, co-author of ‘There’s No Place Like Home: Models of Supportive Care for Elders ‘ and one of the founders of the San Francisco Village and talked to AHWGO about the ‘Village Model’ as one example of such supportive communities. The core idea of the...
‘New Aging: The future of old age is uncertain (immortality); design for opportunities; a balanced approach – more human-focused less function-focused/ giving and receiving; more specificity; hardwire accessibility, universal design, service technology into the...
Universal design is being promoted as a solution for people who want to age in place. It is about allowing people with various special needs to function independently and therefore feel strong and empowered. This is an important shift in awareness in the design world...
The porch, a bench in front of the house, these are places of view and rest, places of idle emptiness. At a time when most of us are nearing the end of vacations and summer is coming to an end, we continue to long for such places. Sitting on the porch is the symbol...
It takes a village to keep a person of old age in the community and keep them safe. Part of today’s village in the San Francisco Bay Area is an array of service agencies without whom the wheels would stop. Yet these agencies and the services they offer are confusing...
