&NA;BUILDING IDEASis dedicated to exploring the various ways the environment influences and affects individuals with dementia and the settings they inhabit and experience. While the major topics covered in each column will be related to the theme of each issue, I invite you to write in with your quirky questions, sticky issues, persnickety problems, and creative or brilliant ideas. Let this be a forum for sharing with others as we travel along our journeys with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.