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Learning by Living: in a Veterans’ Home

Learning by Living: in a Veterans’ Home. Evan Carroll, AIA Principal Architect Bild Architecture. Living in a Veterans’ Home. Why have this experience? How did I prepare? What was it like? What did I learn?. Why have this experience?. People Paradigms are shifting Empathy

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Learning by Living: in a Veterans’ Home

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  1. Learning by Living: in a Veterans’ Home Evan Carroll, AIA Principal Architect Bild Architecture

  2. Living in a Veterans’ Home • Why have this experience? • How did I prepare? • What was it like? • What did I learn?

  3. Why have this experience? • People • Paradigms are shifting • Empathy • New solutions

  4. How did I prepare? • Journal • Packing • Self coaching

  5. HOME safe comfortable familiar secure

  6. What was it Like? • Arrival • Having a roommate • Dependence • Shift Changes • Smiles

  7. What was it Like? • Settling In • Staff • Socializing • Visitors • Becoming a household

  8. What was it like? Two Stories: The Luau Rose

  9. What was it like? • A rewarding experience: • The relationships • Growing old is a part of life • Love can overflow • Designers, residents, families and staff must work together

  10. What did I Learn? • Kinds of Care • My two different roommates • Memory/Long Term Care Rehabilitation • Build friendships vs. Protect self • Settle-In vs. Wait to leave • Home vs. Hotel • Dependence vs. Hope for Independence

  11. What did I Learn? • Senses • Sounds of home • Smells of home • Sights of home • Textures of home

  12. What did I learn? Spaces in a Home Space - to be alone

  13. What did I learn? Spaces in a Home Space - to chat

  14. What did I learn? Spaces in a Home Space - to walk

  15. What did I learn? Spaces in a Home Space - for a group

  16. Spaces for things What did I learn? • Identity • Ownership

  17. Spaces for things What did I learn? Ledges & Shelves

  18. Spaces for things What did I learn? Frame Rail

  19. Spaces for things What did I learn? Window Dressings

  20. Spaces for things What did I learn? Bedding and Rugs

  21. Spaces for things What did I learn? Shadow Box

  22. Views and Safety What did I learn?

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