Dream Weavers: Making Dreams Come True For Seniors
October 27, 2016
You’ve probably heard of the organization Make-A-Wish Foundation, which provides seriously ill children with opportunities to experience events or activities that would otherwise be unattainable for them. For many seniors, especially those living in long term care facilities, there are also wished-for-dreams, but little way to fulfill them. One organization,…
Distance Learning: Hiking To High School At Age 69
September 29, 2016
Maybe your older relatives regaled you with stories of the hardships they faced as youngsters making their way to school. Well those stories pale in comparison to the current challenges of Durge Kami, a 69 year old Nepalese man who treks over rural countryside every day in order to attend…
Eyes Wide Open: Restoring Vision To Elders in Nepal
July 21, 2016
In a remote Himalayan mountain village in Nepal, Manisara and Durga, a couple married 50 years, struggled to maintain their rustic life. After decades in the harsh sun, their vision was ruined through cataracts, leaving them unable to navigate and dependent on their family. Yet through the extraordinary efforts of…
View Finder: Virtual Reality Headsets In Nursing Homes
May 19, 2016
Imagine spending months or years confined to an assisted living facility, with little stimulation and few outside visitors. Then imagine how it would feel to suddenly travel to Paris or back to your childhood home? Unbelievable? Exciting? That is the possibility opening up with the introduction of virtual reality headsets…
Artistic Endeavors: A Creative Online Place for Women Over Sixty:
April 14, 2016
Women of a certain age sometimes feel invisible. Their work life is often undervalued. Their children are grown and independent. Their stories are often absent from popular culture. Yet at the same time women are frequently entering a creative and rich period of their lives after age 60. To capture their…
Mind Your Elders: Sensors in the Home as the Next Step in Home Care:
April 6, 2016
For caregivers providing care to dementia patients in the home, that caregiver burden can be especially wrenching. Monitoring activities at the home while maintaining some semblance of outside life becomes virtually impossible. Now, researchers at UC San Francisco have embarked on a three year study to develop a “Care Ecosystem”…