Designing for the Other Four Senses, Part 4 : Touch

04/05/2023 33 min

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Episode Synopsis

In the concluding episode of our mini-series: Designing for the Other Four Senses, Lori Pinkerton-Rolet speaks with the Director of Namaste Care International, Rishi Jawaheer, about the importance of ‘touch’ in a care or dementia environment.  Rishi explains what Namaste Care is…and how to facilitate its practice within an existing environment.  And, in our Innovation Spotlight, we discover how a piece of furniture can also be a sensory experience…and it
isn’t a massage chair!
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