Today’s bonus episode wraps up Season 1 of Shaping Dementia environments! We have a discussion with Susan Ryan about what she’s learned during the las...
How Will We View Today’s Dementia Care Thirty Years From Now?
Today’s bonus episode continues the conversation Max had with Sean Kelly of Kendal. Similar to some of our other guests in this week’s episode, Max as...
Risk Attitude Pt 2: Saying ‘No’ to Surplus Safety
We’ve chosen to bookend our first season of Shaping Dementia Environments with the topic of ‘Risk Attitude’, because it was so fundamental to every co...
Cultural Specificity in the Design of Care Environments
Today’s bonus episode continues the conversation Jen had with Jude Rabig of Rabig Consulting. She explains the lengths that they went to when designin...
Hospitality vs. Home: Blurring the Front and Back of House
In institutional environments, there is a clear distinction between spaces that are ‘front of house’ and spaces that are ‘back of house’. But as we mo...
Planning Ahead: Boomers & Market Expectations
Today’s bonus episode continues the conversation Max had with Len Fishman from the Gerontology Institute at UMass Boston. In this clip, Len speaks to...
Authenticity: More than a Façade
How do we craft authentic environments for dementia when the population we’re serving is ever-changing and diverse? Join Jennifer and Max as we talk ...
Sun Hats and Lemonade – Older Adults Beating the Heat
Today’s bonus episode continues the conversation Jennifer had with Jude Rabig of Rabig Consulting. In this clip, Jude speaks to a moving experience f...
Ownership of Space: Investigating the In-Between
How do all the in-between spaces in our lives – not quite public, not quite private – impact our feeling of ownership, pride & community in the spaces...
Granny Flats And Today’s Housing Crisis
Today’s bonus episode continues the conversation Jen had with Barbra McLendon of Alzheimer’s Los Angeles. She speaks to some of the things the City o...