Letting go of familiar routines
Do you know that feeling of excitement mixed with uncertainty? That moment when you can feel something new taking shape. You take the first steps, curious and a little nervous, trusting that you’ll learn something new along the way.
That same sense of excitement and uncertainty can be felt in care for older people. The sector is changing, calling for new ways of working and collaborating, and the courage to let go of familiar routines. It can take some figuring out, but it also creates space.
Care professionals are increasingly joining forces with designers. A design-led approach helps break familiar patterns, explore new possibilities and try things out without knowing exactly where they will lead.
In A Healthy Sense of Excitement, six projects show what can happen when care professionals and designers venture into the unknown together, with courage, curiosity and a sense of fun. We invite you to do the same. Because those small moments of courageous curiosity together can spark something bigger.
Six perspectives on the future of care
The six projects approach the future of care for older people from different angles. At Cordaan, art and care come together: care professionals develop creative skills while art professionals learn about care, creating space for more personal, meaningful care.
Glove on or off? Humanitas and Sustainers explore how small, everyday choices can add up to something much bigger, affecting residents and their families, care professionals, the organisation and the world around us.
Pieter van Foreest and Muzus bring different visions of the future to life to spark conversations between local partners. What future do they want to create together, and what roles and responsibilities will that involve?
With the AI Mirror by Surplus AI-lab and Goodnews - Boldly, you meet an older version of yourself. The choices you make open up conversations about autonomy, quality of life and the role of AI.
At Watsnjoe, care professionals, designers and experts work together on questions encountered in everyday practice: starting small, testing ideas, learning and sharing insights.
And Over&Weer invites you to help build a place where you yourself would love to live later in life.
