In the wildly entertaining and sometimes exasperating picture books of searching for Waldo hiding out among the many shapes, colors, and activities on the pages of “Where’s Waldo?” there is an illustrative lesson here in how to approach our safety assessments for successful aging-in-place for our clients. Whether you offer standalone assessments, audits, or evaluations,… Read more »

When we hear the term “accessible,” we tend to think of it applying to whether someone can get in or out of a home easily. That certainly is one aspect of it, but there are other considerations that are equally important to keep in mind as we talk about universal design and aging in place…. Read more »

You may remember when growing up that there were certain milestones that either signaled the end of a particular benefit or that meant you were eligible for something you were looking forward to doing. For instance, being 5 or 6 years old was old enough to start school, another age meant being able to play… Read more »

Ever ask yourself what makes you so special – professionally, that is, and in a market segmentation or customer appeal sense? If you can’t think of anything that really separates, sets you apart, or differentiates you from your competition, or if you have to work real hard to come up with something, how do you… Read more »

As we talked about last time, there have been many areas of home decor, features, components, and design that have witnessed major changes in the past few years, and the two topping the list, in my estimation, as the most significant are flooring and lighting. We already discussed flooring, so now let’s look at lighting. For many years, incandescent… Read more »

Go to the grocery store, the mall, or watch commercials on TV. There are so many new products being introduced, and major advances in existing ones.  This affects us in all areas of our lives and makes so many of our daily tasks more pleasant and easier.  Thus, it is no surprise that many of… Read more »

Remodeling can be as simple or as complex as you choose to make it. It can be as simple as a fresh coat of paint, new curtains or blinds, a new piece of furniture, new chair rail or door trim, a new faceplate on light switches, a new faucet, or so many other simple-to-do, relatively… Read more »

All of us are aging. It is, as we say, a fact of life. Whether we are in our 30s or our 60s – any age really – we are aging, and we are doing it in the home or apartment where we live at the moment. We may have selected our first home and… Read more »

So many things that we use today are digital in their nature, such as cell phones, TVs, clocks, appliances, and thermostats. Very few items that we use are analog anymore. Thus, the term “digital age” certainly seems to apply. With the coming, and now arrival, of so many digital products, aging in place has become… Read more »

There are many great attributes of universal design. It serves the needs of the majority of the population just the way they are right now (and the way they may become as they age) without taking into account how tall they are, how mobile they might be, how much physical strength or ability they might… Read more »