Aging in Place Insider Blog

Yeah! We get to celebrate a week just for us, and it starts today! OTs, PTs, nurses, emergency personnel, builders, real estate sales professionals, and other outstanding professionals involved in… Read more »

Aging in place starts and ends at home. It’s quite a simple concept. It means that people (without any age qualification, statement of ability, application process, interviewing session, or special… Read more »

We love our homes and enjoy living in them. That’s one of the chief reasons we have elected – consciously or just by letting it happen – to remain living in our… Read more »

The whole idea of aging in place is that people can stay in their current home and not need to replace it over time. Once they find a home that… Read more »

Thanks to Steven Bailey at Age Safe America for sharing the ideas that are being passed along here. He couched the use of residential grab bars into a good and healthy… Read more »

Universal design is a powerful design strategy. It undergirds many of the aging in place solutions that are created – especially those dealing with access, mobility, safety, or sensory issues…. Read more »

Duct tape is one of the most versatile repair tools available. Arguably, it and a can of WD-40 belong in every tool drawer in the kitchen or emergency repair toolkit…. Read more »

Aging in place as a concept and as a lifestyle choice works on many different levels and for various reasons. The chief reason it works is because our homes are dependable. There… Read more »

We may have decided that we have too much stuff and that we should get rid of some of it. For many of us, however, this is a very tall order… Read more »

Sometimes, simplicity carries the day. For those of us who are pet owners (especially dogs and cats) know that we can go to the pet store, discount store, or shop… Read more »