While aging in place solutions and design strategies pertain to individuals in their homes and is strictly a residential concept, it is a solid approach to areas outside the home/ We are just going to give it a different label to differentiate between residential applications and those outside the home. We don’t call it aging… Read more »

Natural or unplanned events happen that affect our lives. In terms of our housing, a tree limb can damage our roof and violate the structural integrity of our homes or allow rain and other elements to get inside the dwelling. A wind event (tornado, squall, microburst, or hurricane) can wreck various amounts of havoc on… Read more »

Aging in place as a strategy and universal design as a concept are closely related but very different at the same time. Their purposes are different. So how do we know which one we should advocate or focus on with our clients since both are popular design topics? On the one hand, aging in place is… Read more »

As we get older and remain in our homes longer, we can sometimes fail to appreciate how our aging might affect our abilities. Not needing to be frightened about remaining in our homes and navigating within them well, but being prudent about changes that can happen, we need to be aware that sometimes we might… Read more »

Homes are built to last – much different from other consumer products such as appliances, automobiles, and soft goods. It’s not unusual to find homes in relatively good condition that are still occupied that were built over a century ago. In fact, homes over two hundred years old are common as well. Were those homes… Read more »

At this time of year, Halloween may seem a long way off, but it will be here soon enough. Even if we live in an area that is not visited by that many children because it is a controlled access building or we don’t live in a traditional neighborhood around other people, the same concept… Read more »

From a very early age, we are cognizant of our five senses – sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. Some of us find that one or more or those senses aren’t as well developed as others, while other senses seem to be stronger in compensation for the weaknesses of the others. Some people are born… Read more »

Potential is just that – something that can or might occur but likely won’t without some other force or action intervening or stimulating it. We have it before we tee up and strike that golf ball or before we begin our regular (or perhaps occasional) jog. We have it when we arrive at the tennis… Read more »

When we think of mobility, the first thought might be of how we move about and venture from place to place. This includes walking (unaided or with some assistance), but there is so much more to mobility than just walking or propelling oneself (in the case of a wheelchair) from one location to another. Mobility… Read more »

As we age in place and remain in our homes over time – regardless of our current age, abilities, or when we began our tenure – we often need to make adjustments to our home environment to keep pace with our changing physical abilities and outlook on life. Just as we don’t dress like teenagers… Read more »