Aging in Place Insider Blog

When North Carolina State University’s Center for Universal Design quantified their Seven Principle of Universal Design in 1997, number one on the list was “Equitable Use.” It’s quite fitting that… Read more »

Aging in place as a strategy for allowing people to remain living in their present homes as they grow older has really come into its own. It is widely discussed,… Read more »

People love to hear the sound of their own name, so remembering someone’s name to allow you to address them by it as you are talking with them – in… Read more »

Many people interpret universal design as requiring a home to be all on one floor, or for multi-story homes to have the ability to provide a bedroom and bathroom on… Read more »

We have become a cell phone society – they are everywhere and so many people have them. It’s no surprise then that people who want to contact us will use… Read more »

As an aging in place professional, or for the consumer interested in remaining in their home, we might be wondering if there is a good type of home that is… Read more »

Children and teenagers love their privacy in the bathroom – and they deserve it. They need to know that when they go into the bathroom that they can securely lock… Read more »

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… 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… 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… Read more »