Liz Nichols leads talk on Laughter Yoga

by Susanne Stadler | Jun 19, 2014 | 2014 Forums, Past Forums

Liz Nichols and Laughter Yoga have worked with seniors for many years and helps them to look at their bodies in positive ways. Liz is the former Storytelling Director of Stagebridge Senior Theater and a co-leader of the Oakland Lifefire Laughter Yoga Club. Liz talks...

Advertising Aging

by Susanne Stadler | Apr 29, 2014 | Our Homes, Writings

Pete Halberstadt owns West Advertising and among his clients are Assisted Living Homes and Car Dealerships. Everybody wants a new car but what about advertising care, and the image of a home when people are mostly in crisis and have exhausted the option of staying in...

There Is No Excuse For Elder Abuse

by Susanne Stadler | Mar 30, 2014 | Our Relations, Writings

You could not think of a better advocate for elder abuse than Mary Twomey, astute, articulate and funny. Yes, we did laugh at our last forum on elder abuse. Mary, who co-leads the Institute of Excellence on Elder Abuse at UC Irvine and also founded the Ageless...

Caring For Children And Parents

by Susanne Stadler | Feb 2, 2014 | Our Relations, Writings

Sheila Malkind, who in her 70’s, runs the Legacy Film Festival on Aging in San Francisco, presented at the last AHWGO salon in January a selection of films from the festival. One of them, ‘The Sandwich Generation’by Julie Winkour initiated a very interesting exchange...

Health, Aging and Propaganda in the Helping Professions

by Susanne Stadler | Jan 13, 2014 | Our Selves, Writings

10 points from Professor Eileen Gambrill’s talk and ensuing discussion at the recent AHWGO salon. 1. Decisions about our health are emotional decisions. Unless one is an expert in the field one does not know what information is missing and what questions to ask as...

Baby Boomers to the Rescue – ‘Professional’ Volunteerism

by Susanne Stadler | Dec 1, 2013 | Our Relations, Writings

“Everybody at this time in their lives should know emotionally and spiritually what it is that fills their well…” Surfing For Life , Shay Bintliff, MD and lifelong surfer. Roy Earnest the co-producer of this 1999 documentary recently talked at AHWGO about such...

Landscape Designers as Healers

by Susanne Stadler | Oct 28, 2013 | Our Homes, Writings

“Just as those in the medical profession can treat and heal so can designers”.  Most of us have experienced the importance of nature in our well being, looking out over the vast ocean, watching a humming bird buzz around a fragrant bush, harvesting tomatoes in our...

New Cities – Community Connections and Being ‘At Home With Growing Old’

by Susanne Stadler | Oct 7, 2013 | Our Relations, Writings

Yes, it still starts in Kansas. I was invited recently to talk to the New Cities Initiative at the University of Kansas about design for intergenerational living “Outside Places of People – Opportunities for Connectivity and being ‘At Home With Growing Old’. Dennis...

Radical Design For Baby Boomers – Aging In Place

by Susanne Stadler | Jul 14, 2013 | Our Homes, Writings

We baby boomers have undoubtedly a reputation for being radical and it is time to live up to it again. We are expected to figure it out ourselves – fast – how we will live this next stage in life. Radical solutions would respond to the core values of...