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Episode 76: Professor Catherine Bridge on how well we design bathrooms for aged care & can we do better?

Episode 76: Professor Catherine Bridge on how well we design bathrooms for aged care & can we do better?

FromTalking Architecture & Design


Episode 76: Professor Catherine Bridge on how well we design bathrooms for aged care & can we do better?

FromTalking Architecture & Design

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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Jun 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Emeritus Professor Catherine Bridge has a significant national and international reputation in the area of enabling environments, as evidenced by her invited participation in the International Design Awards as a judge; along with numerous International forums and publications. She is one of Australia’s eminent experts on housing solutions for older people. Her housing research portfolio includes research on housing and care; housing and health; older people and sustainability; accessibility of the built environment and extensive research on home modification interventions.In this exclusive interview, she talks about how Australia compares on a global scale when we are talking about designing disability and where we could do better in the future of disability design and planning, especially in the increasingly-critical area of bathroom design.This podcast is bought to you in association with Caroma LiveWell, proud sponsors of the Aged Care Series of podcasts.  For more information on Caroma LiveWell please go to: https://www.caroma.com.au/livewell
Released:
Jun 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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Now celebrating its second year, Talking Architecture & Design is Australia’s first B2B architecture podcast that regularly talks about a range of issues that affect Australia’s architects, building designers and built environment professionals. Run by Australia’s most popular architecture magazine, Architecture & Design, the Talking Architecture & Design podcast gives a regular bite-sized dose of what is important and sometimes what is just plain old interesting to anyone and everyone in the business of building design.