Please join us for a garden reception and presentation by Emi Kiyota
On the Philosophy and Projects of Ibasho
- Date:May 12, 2011
- Reception: 5:00-8:00 pm
- Presentation: 6:30 pm by Emi Kiyota, Ph.D.
- Topic: The Philosophy and Projects of Ibasho
- Location: LeadingAge National Office
2519 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20008-1520
Enter through the offices of LeadingAge, on the corner of Connecticut Ave and Calvert St.. diagonally across from red line metro stop @ Woodley Park-Zoo.
Ibasho is an innovative new organization that seeks to create places for elders to live in safety, comfort and dignity, where they are valued as people full of history and experience. The concept is simple: elders have a lot to offer, and benefit from being able to share their talents within a true community. Therefore, Ibasho creates places that we would all like to live in as we get older – multi-generational, environmentally sustainable communities in which elders can contribute their talents at the same time they are cared for.
Ibasho’s current projects:
- Post-tsunami and earthquake reconstruction in Japan.
- La Maison du Pere (Cote d’Ivoire), in which retired priests will live within a village and act as teachers for a community with no other access to education
- Design consultation for a community of elderly Buddhist monks in Bhutan.
Ibasho founder, Dr. Emi Kiyota, will introduce the Ibasho approach, its projects and discuss her experiences, from living with elders in long term care facilities to redesigning traditional nursing homes to better bring residents and staff together to building true multigenerational communities across the globe.
Ibasho is a not-for-corporation with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Please click here to donate at our website, or by check to Ibasho: P.O. Box 40242 Washington, DC 20016, USA.
