Businesses that serve the aging in place needs of their clients come in a variety of sizes and services. We might be a contractor, carpenter, handyman, or some other type of building services that actually creates and constructs renovations for our clients. We could be a cabinet, closet outfitter, countertop, or flooring company that create… Read more »

Today, people are embracing the so-called open concept floor plan – one without a lot (or even any) interior walls to define, limit, suggest, or restrict space and room sizes. It has become a buzz word – one that home shoppers and homeowners in search of a renovation are using. They are asking for an… Read more »

Everyone experiences some mobility issues throughout their lives. Some are relatively minor and come and go. Some are a little more chronic. Some affect the way people get around to the point of them requiring a mobility aid of some type. The point is that our abilities are subject to change over the course of… Read more »

True universal design is inclusive. It accommodates as many people as are reasonably possible – regardless of whom might be present most of the time or for whom the design is intended. Anyone who has any degree of independence, no matter how limited that might be or what they might depend upon for assistance, comes… Read more »

People want to age in place. They want to continue living where they are in the home they have been occupying, in most cases for several years. They don’t want to be told (or encouraged or coerced) by family members or anyone else that it’s time to give up their independence and make other housing… Read more »

Universal design is a great tool that we can use to help accomplish aging in place solutions and objectives, but it is not an end in itself or comprehensive in nature. We get to choose what to implement and to what extent. It was never intended as a one-size-fits-all fix that we could overlay on… Read more »

Many of us look forward to the changing seasons – for instance, the first snowfall in the winter, the colorful leaves and the harvest in the fall, the new growth of leaves and flowers in the spring, and the long days and outdoor activities of the summer. Of course, there are many other characteristics of… Read more »

Aging in place is nothing new, but it is receiving much more attention than in the past. It’s not surprising that people want to continue living in the home they have occupied for years – maybe most or all of their adulthood. They may really love it, or they have just become so accustomed to… Read more »

  What is so tough about aging in place? Potentially nothing at all. Possibly, a lot. Let’s think back to some of those monumental periods of our life – at least they seemed that way at the time. How about trying out for a team (baseball, football, or basketball, for instance)? Did we talk to… Read more »

As we journey through life, we have many issues to face, contend with, and resolve one way or another. Some are less complicated and consequential than others in the overall bigger or long-term picture, but we have thousands of decisions we need to consider and then resolve or finalize each day. Sometimes the decision facing… Read more »