TAD Extra: Personal Reflections of The Hogeweyk
4 April 2025
Episode S5E4:
This recording was our most recently issued TAD Extra, and offers the personal reflections – and context – to a previous episode recorded in the Netherlands during a visit to The Hogeweyk. Before sitting down with co-founder, Eloy van Hal, he took us on a tour of this remarkable dementia village. This interview is really a discussion between Lori Pinkerton-Rolet and her “interviewer,” TAD Marketing Director, Valerie Adler, because we couldn’t stop talking together about that day, what we had seen and the way it had made us feel.
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- Guests: Lori Pinkerton-Rolet and Valerie Adler
- The Hogeweyk: Normal Life for People Living with Severe Dementia
- Be Advice – Advice and support for the creation of new dementia care models and study visits
- Centre for Policy on Ageing – case study for integrated care and dementia in the Netherlands
- Buro Kade – Architecture at The Hogeweyk
About Lori Pinkerton-Rolet
Lori has been Director of Park Grove Design since 1993 and was recipient of the 2012 BIID Award of Merit for outstanding achievement in the field of Interior Design. She’s a Past President of the British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) and a member of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA). She also had the opportunity to serve on the Projects Panel of Construction Industry Council (CIC) which advises the UK government on issues related to the built environment and sat on the British Standards Committee for flammability performance for domestic furniture. She holds an Aging in Place qualification in the United States and assisted in drafting three Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) professional services contracts for interior design. As a consultant, Lori has advised furniture and flooring companies on product development and was appointed by Akzo Nobel (Dulux) to conduct research for their care and dementia colour ranges.
Lori’s first career was in national broadcasting in the United States where she produced and directed the Grammy Awards© for the international radio market. Combining both careers, she launched the Third Age Design (TAD) podcast in January 2021 to provide a global hub for sharing information to improve senior environments. The podcast has gained listeners in 63 countries and Lori will host the launch of the Wellness Interior Design Audit (WIDA) at the ICAA Conference (International Council on Active Aging) in Anaheim, California later this year.