It’s called “guided discovery” and it’s a process of allowing someone else – such as our clients – to find out or discover what we already knew to be the case or strongly suspected was true. For instance, how many of us as youngsters were tricked or steered into doing something by an older sibling… Read more »

Falls happen. There is no getting around it. Even if we stay in bed all day, attempt to remain seated, or try not to move, it is still possible to fall. It may not be a great distance that we fall such as from an object we are standing on to the ground or floor,… Read more »

Some of us are born with a heightened sense of one sensory ability, while others of us are more limited or challenged. Some have excellent eyesight that may extend over their entire lifetime and never require corrective lenses or even cheaters or reading glasses to help them see or read better. Others are going to… Read more »

All of us are interested in remaining safe and comfortable in our own homes and in helping our family, neighbors, friends, and clients do the same. However, there are so many qualitative terms used in safety and design guidelines for effective aging in place concerns that it makes it difficult to comply of approach each… Read more »

The so-called open concept in home design is a common idea in discussing, shopping for, and looking at homes to build, purchase, or renovate. TV design and renovation shows, real estate agents, builders, consumers, and online articles are abuzz with this term. However, what exactly is it, and how does it relate to aging in… Read more »

Don’t look for aging in place to be an observable or notable event or episode. This is not something that happens that we record on our calendar to be celebrated after that on the anniversary of its occurring. It is much more subtle and fluid rather than a specific event. Instead of being an observable… Read more »

  One of our basic senses that we may be tempted to take as a given and therefore not give it that much thought – until there is an issue – is our eyesight, also known as vision. Used in this way, vision means our ability to see and perceive visual impressions of what is… Read more »

Stairs and steps are generally thought to be something we want to avoid as we age. True, they can present many issues – especially with the way so many of them have been constructed and installed over the years, as well as the way they have been maintained. However, three important items to note when… Read more »

One way to approach working with a client who needs our help with aging in place renovations to allow them to remain in their home and to enjoy it more comfortably and accessibly than it is now is for us to arrive and immediately begin telling them what we think they need. We can survey… Read more »

When we as aging in place specialists begin evaluating the homes of our clients, or when people, in general, begin looking at their current homes in terms of how practical or safe they are for moving forward, a devil’s advocacy approach may serve us well. Begin by looking at everything in the home – entrances,… Read more »