Yesterday, April 6th, marked the beginning of the annual observance of National Public Health Week, held the first full week of April each year. Who could have predicted that this observance week would fall at such a time as we are experiencing with the widespread international outbreak of the Corona COVID-19 virus? The President reported… Read more »

In 1997, the Center for Universal Design at North Carolina State University created and quantified the seven principles of universal design and gave us these standards to use for anyone desiring to create a universal design solution or treatment in their home or that of a client. These principles are well known and widely accepted…. Read more »

Grab bars, or safety rails, or safety bars, or handrails, or shower rails, or other names that we apply to a linear or tubular support of some type that allows us to secure ourselves in the event of loss of balance or a projected fall. Many of us over the years have eschewed grab bars… Read more »

The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, is impacting our lives in ways that many of us would not have believed, imagined, expected, or foreseen just a couple of weeks ago. However, the long term implications of the disease, even after it ceases to be a daily concern or health risk, are going to be felt… Read more »

The coronavirus is as scary and troublesome as it is a tremendous opportunity for us to push both the pause and reset buttons for our lives – any of us. We are pausing our daily routines as we have known them from the hectic pace that so many of us have maintained and moving to… Read more »

No matter what age we are, we can look back – mostly fondly – at events that we recall or that shaped our lives or made an impression on us. Unfortunately, many of those events that left an impression were more traumatic than pleasurable or enjoyable. Many of us likely have remarked – and news… Read more »

Our homes are not a typical possession. We obtain and handle many things over the course of our lifetime – shoes, clothing, sporting goods, automobiles, bicycles, stocks, bonds, collectibles, and places to live. We are advised by parents, brokers, and others whom we trust for their advice not to get so attached to any one… Read more »

For aging in place modifications, performing a home evaluation or assessment is the first step toward determining what a home might need and to achieve it. Using a checklist, assessment form, or evaluation sheet to examine a person’s living space and make notations about what is being done correctly and where there are shortcomings is… Read more »

There are many articles written about the need for, as well as how to go about, decluttering our living spaces, especially as we get older. We have many places where we store our stuff – basements, attics, closets, dressers, cabinets, garages, backyard storage sheds, and even storage spaces off-site that we rent. As a matter… Read more »

While we hear a lot of discussion about creating aging in place designs as if there is a type of approach that will work for everyone – a type of “cookie-cutter” or generic approach. However, designing for aging in place is a complex matter. Part of this idea – of designing for someone’s potentially changing… Read more »