AIP - The Home Assessment Series: Claiming Back Your Garage
Typically, our garages serve at least two purposes: housing the car and providing a convenient spot for needed temporary and long-term storage. Sometimes storage...
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Home Checklist
Home Checklists provide detailed information regarding potential safety hazards in and around a home that should be corrected to allow the occupants to live a comfortable and safe life in their own home. These changes allow occupants an opportunity to age in place.
Stylish Home Updates That Make Aging Easier
AARP is a great source of information for seniors. One of the major areas of focus has always been on Aging-in-Place.
Check out this recent article that "explains how large and small renovations, stylish updates and space reconfigurations can improve safety and quality of life — allowing you to live more comfortably now and into the future."
Preventing Falls at Home: Room by Room
Many falls happen at home, where we spend much of our time and tend to move around without thinking about our safety. There are many changes you can make to your home that will help prevent falls and better ensure your safety.
HomeFit Guide
A free publication (available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese) featuring smart ways to make a home comfortable, safe and a great fit for older adults — and people of all ages.
This is where you start your Aging-in-Place journey and help protect yourself and family members from unnecessary falls or other injuries.
Can be viewed online, downloaded or ordered as a hardcopy document from AARP.
- Audience/Eligibility
Check out the following YouTube video for a brief introduction into the concepts promoted through the HomeFit Guide.
Check for Safety - A Home Prevention Checklist for Older Adults
To help avoid falls, use this checklist to find and fix hazards in your home.
Your Home Checklist for Aging in Place
Start with small projects and anticipate future needs.
AIP - The Home Assessment Series: The Living Room and Bedrooms
An age friendly home is primarily about seeing the home as a place for safe, easy passage from one room to another to avoid the potential for dangerous falls. Eq...
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AIP - The Home Assessment Series: Safely Entering and Exiting Your House
When considering safety factors, look for good visibility, excellent lighting, accessibility and no trip hazards. Be sure that your address numbers are clearly v...
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AIP - The Home Assessment Series: The Laundry Room
Oh, where is that Doggy? Probably under foot! I’ve previously examined a number of areas in your home for potential tripping hazards and obstacles for safe li...
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AIP - The Home Assessment Series: Make Your Kitchen Senior-Friendly
Make your kitchen senior-friendly Let’s make our living spaces easier on ourselves. Our older selves will thank us. We are going to start our room-by-room revie...
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AIP - The Home Assessment Series: The Bathroom
The bathroom can be one of the most dangerous rooms in your house due to the increased potential for falls caused by slippery conditions. Ultimately, the dreade...
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AIP - The Home Assessment Series: A time to Look Around Your Home
A Good Time to Look Start Looking Around Your Home! Starting this month, I’m going to share a series of checklists to help make your home more comfortable and s...
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AIP - Assessing a Home for Aging in Place Features - finding that forever home!
In this article, I’m going to talk about buying that forever home. The community that you are looking at should have easy walkability or an excellent transportat...
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