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 »

As we look at aging in place solutions for our clients, we can focus on what is going on inside the home and what might be required or necessary to modify that space appropriately, or we can go outside into the backyard and create an accessory dwelling unit – also known as an auxiliary dwelling… Read more »

Over the years, grab bars in the home – especially in the bathroom – have been downplayed and distanced from our conversations. We don’t want to utter these words. So, we have created many similarly-named devices to do the same thing. We have assists, assist bars, safety rails, handrails, shower bars, shower rails, safety assists,… Read more »

There are many ways for us to approach helping someone to remain in their home long term. The aging in place designs we create are based on enhancing the general safety, comfort, convenience, and accessibility needs of our clients within their homes. These, of course, are dependent on a few factors such as the age… Read more »

We don’t always have a tape measure handy with us as we are walking through a client’s home, but we may not need it when it comes to approximating distances within the home. We have many ready references available to us that we can fall back upon to use as we are evaluating our client’s… Read more »

As the final installment of this three-part discussion of gift-giving for the traditional season of giving gifts, and coinciding with the end of the year, here’s the last part. We’ve looked at ways to consider the client in giving them additional, non-paid-for items as part of the overall job or otherwise enhancing their experience by… Read more »

As our season of celebration continues, we are reminded that Christmas, birthdays, and anniversaries are more than just a one-day event. Sure, they are recognized and observed on a particular day, but the spirit of the day and what we feel as we experience and participate in these events often continue for days, months, and… Read more »

Among other activities this time of year, gift-giving is quite popular. As aging in place specialists, we have an opportunity to give something quite important to our clients as well as our own families. As we enter our own homes and experience them every day, and as we walk around the living spaces of our… Read more »

It happens every year at this time, as well as at several other times of the year. nevertheless, this is the time to focus on the amount of visitor activity that we (and our clients) are going to have in our homes. Regardless of how we celebrate the various holidays at this time of year,… Read more »