As a Master Certified Instructor for the National Association of Homebuilders Certified Aging In Place Specialist (“CAPS”) program for well over a decade, I have met, gotten to know, and educated hundreds of remodeling contractors, custom builders, occupational therapists, physical therapists, mobility equipment specialists, insurance agents, non-profit organizations, senior services, governmental agencies groups, university faculty,… Read more »

Whether someone admits it to themselves or others, declaring or affirming that they are aging in place – in the home where they are – is not a requirement or a prerequisite for making it a reality. A person is aging in place where they are whether they realize it, recognize it, affirm it, or… Read more »

The COVID-19 virus has impacted our lives in many ways and caused us to rethink many of the things we have been accustomed to doing or experiencing. We are still learning how to adapt and proceed in this new era in which we find ourselves. No one requested this change to the new order, and… Read more »

Aging in place is a fluid concept. what we do today doesn’t necessarily match or coincide with what we did just a short time ago. our needs may be different, along with our abilities or requirements, and our attitudes or perspective may have changed as well. We are constantly being introduced to news items and… Read more »

All of us are getting older .it’s a fact of life .not just us but the trees around us the rocks and anything else that lasts longer than a season. Getting older when we are young seems exciting. We can’t wait for that next birthday because that signals new opportunities. Sometimes it enables us to… Read more »

It’s amazing how life can go from normal (however we define that and how different it might be from person-to-person) to upside down in just a few weeks. That’s how it’s been with the COVID-19, or the coronavirus, since late January or so. Depending on where we live we may have been asked to remain… Read more »

Universal design, as most of us know, is a set of seven criteria, guidelines, parameters, or principles created in 1997 by the Center for Universal Design at North Carolina State University. Those 7 concepts describe how something should work, look, operate, or act for the user. When it does, we can deem that it is… Read more »

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 »