Isorropia

Galina Rybatsky

Isorropia is a cooperative board game that prepares families for the responsibilities of caregiving.

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The United States’ healthcare system exploits its constituents through an increasing focus on “cure”, rather than “care”. This — combined with the industry’s inability to

accommodate the growing population of elders living to extreme old age — pushes the responsibility for long-term care on families and friends. Often, the stressors of this situation put both the caregiver’s and the caregivee’s emotional and physical well-being at risk. While there is no universal prescription for coping with life changes like these, gradual acquaintance with the issues that surround the situation can alleviate harmful emotions when the scenario actually arises.


Isorropia© is a cooperative board game that helps groups consider and make decisions around the medical, legal and financial aspects of caring for people who are aging or have a serious medical condition. Ideally, players build confidence around caretaking, establish a “team” mindset, learn to balance multiple responsibilities, and develop skills to minimize future stress.

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About

Galina Rybatsky

Galina Rybatsky is a proud Brooklynite and a fine artist/Art Director turned interaction designer. Her interests in psychology, human experience and perception translate into work with empathic interfaces that make unpleasant reality of people’s lives better. A passion for understanding human behavior had lead her to Bellevue’s art therapy department where she worked with children recovering from chronic medical conditions and to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center where Galina designed a mobile educational tool for home-bound bone marrow transplant patients and caregivers. Even as an Art Director, Galina enjoyed her connection with the public by translating abstract or complicated concepts into comprehensible editorial designs. In her spare time continues to dissect human psychology by catching up on Russian novels and finding the best way to entertain her amazing niece and nephews. Galina holds a B.A. in Design and Visual Technology from George Mason University and she is looking forward to completing her MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons, The New School for Design in May 2013.

Faculty

Thesis Studio

  • Melanie Crean
  • David Carroll

Writing and Research

  • Barbara Morris
  • Christine Prentice-Popken