Aging in Place Insider Blog

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… 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… Read more »

The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, is impacting our lives in ways that many of us would not have believed, imagined, expected, or foreseen just a couple of weeks ago…. Read more »

The coronavirus is as scary and troublesome as it is a tremendous opportunity for us to push both the pause and reset buttons for our lives – any of us…. Read more »

No matter what age we are, we can look back – mostly fondly – at events that we recall or that shaped our lives or made an impression on us…. Read more »

Our homes are not a typical possession. We obtain and handle many things over the course of our lifetime – shoes, clothing, sporting goods, automobiles, bicycles, stocks, bonds, collectibles, and… Read more »

For aging in place modifications, performing a home evaluation or assessment is the first step toward determining what a home might need and to achieve it. Using a checklist, assessment… Read more »

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… 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… 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… Read more »