Recent Press
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Check Your EyesDid you know that blindness or low vision affects 3.3 million Americans age 40 and over? Alexandria Times
February 15, 2024
Orthodox Diocese Features Barbara's Personal Dementia Journey in The Messenger Newsletter
November 27, 2023
Without Change, Our Graying Society Will Continue to Age Itself Into Poverty -
Barbara Huelat Quoted in AOL, MSN, and GoBankingRates
November 30, 2023
Barbara Huelat Shares Tips for Enjoying the Holidays with
Loved Ones in
Alzheimer's Caregivers
November 27, 2023
Barbara Huelat's Thoughts on Volunteerism in
Vox Article
November 27, 2023
Barbara Huelat Approach to Design for Wellness Featured in
Elephant Journal
Barbara Huelat, Winner of the 2023 Changemaker Award, Featured in
Healthcare Design Magazine
Barbara Huelat Addresses Dementia Caregiving in Employee Benefit News
November 14, 2023
Press Release: Barbara Huelat 2023 Changemaker Award Featured in Digital Journal
Barbara Huelat on What to Expect as a Caregiver in Suburban Family Magazine
October 31, 2023
Barbara Huelat on Reducing Caregiver Stress Featured in Authority Magazine
October 7, 2023
Barbara Huelat on How to Speak Dementia Featured on The Tonic Podcast
Barbara Huelat on Caregiver Depression Featured in Authentic Insider Magazine
October 1, 2023
Published Articles
Barbara's work has also been published in the following outlets:
Medicina 2020
Currently, one in eight people over the age of 65 have dementia, and approximately 75% of caregiving is provided by volunteer family members with little or no training. This study aimed to quantify points of stress for home-based caregivers with the aim of reducing stress for them while concurrently supporting quality of life for the people with dementia whom they cared for. The overreaching purpose was to increase our knowledge of the caregiver stress burden and explore potential technologies and behaviors to ease it.
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Journal of Greenbuilding, Summer 2008
Biophilia is defined as a love of the living world. We seek nature, especially when we don't feel well. Nature can calm us with a beautiful sunset or invigorate us with a spring rain. Both ancient and modern people use nature in healing. Nature has always offered healing places: a sacred spring, a reflective pond, a quiet grove, and majestic peaks. For centuries we have sought these sanctuaries in our quest for health and healing.
The Center for Health Design
Wayfinding is a person’s spatial behavior or orientation. Spatial orientation is the static relationship to space or the environment. The concept of spatial orientation is the predecessor of wayfinding. This relationship requires the user to form an overall mental image of the layout of the place. This image is referred to as the cognitive map of the setting. Cognitive mapping concerns the ability to visualize a map, and wayfinding uses the cognitive-mapping process to solve location-based problems.
Unlike spatial orientation with its static relationship to space, wayfinding is a dynamic relationship to the space. It is dynamic in that people’s movement with their direct sense of orientation to place must be accommodated.
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