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Aging in Place Insider Blog
“To Age In Place Well, Our Clients Don’t Need All Of The Answers In Advance”
It’s an old expression but so true – life happens. How many people find at age forty or fifty that they are doing the type of work that they set… Read more »
“Some Universal Design Features Are Beginning To Appear In New Construction Homes”
Some new home builders are beginning to include universal design features in their production homes. How many of those features are intentional included as universal design treatment and how many… Read more »
“Before We Call Something Universal Design, We Should Make Sure That It Is”
Universal design is a great, inclusive concept. Its major premise is that the design so labeled and intentioned will work for people regardless of their physical size and stature (tall… Read more »
“Avoiding Falls Takes Effort & Focus As We Age In Place”
Whether it’s us in our own homes or our clients in theirs, avoiding falls at any age, but especially as we grow older, takes a lot of concentrated effort. Falls… Read more »
“The Bedroom Presents Aging In Place Challenges As Much As Other Rooms”
When we think about aging in place challenges in a home, and the resulting modifications that we might want to make or suggest, the kitchen and bathroom usually come to… Read more »
“Aging In Place Is A Process – Not An Event – And People Participate In Various Ways”
Make no mistake. Aging in place is not an event that suddenly occurs when we attain a certain age, and it is not a result of any traumatic event or… Read more »
“For Successful Aging In Place Strategies Look Out The Windshield More Than The Rearview Mirror”
Most of us have driven a car – if only to get our coveted driver’s license at age sixteen. We may have little need for a car now because we… Read more »
“Vision Plays An Important Role In Aging In Place Design – Especially In Relation To Averting Falls”
Vision is a noun with two important definitions for our aging in place services businesses, but we are interested in the second application here – how someone physically uses their eyes,… Read more »
“People Don’t Shop For & Purchase Aging In Place Products Or Solutions Like Other Items They Use”
We have many different types of retail stores from which we can purchase almost anything we require to live our lives comfortably and pleasantly in our homes and even our… Read more »