The Hightowers Anticipate Their Future AIP Needs
UPDATED The Hightower home is ready to accomodate caregivers if needed. Main living will be on the main floor but it's ready to have an elevator to the basement installed.
More Retailers Prepare for Their Aging Customers
"Worsening eyesight makes finding items more frustrating, arthritis complicates browsing and reduced balance intensifies the strain of stooping or reaching for products," reports Ellen Bryon for the Wall Street Journal. Bigger type faces, better lighting and improved shelf labeling are some of the solutions being implemented by retailers.
Technology, The Pursuit of Health and Aging in Place
According to a survey by the Pew Internet/California HealthCare Foundation: "Technology is not an end, but a means to accelerate the pace of discovery, widen…
Baldwin House Dining Area
Aging In Place On Your Own Terms
By designing flexibility into homes from the beginning, it is possible to reduce one’s frequent need to move and also to enable our elders to age in place.
Future Tech Watch: ‘Minding’ Your Home
Light switches, TV remote controls and even house keys could become a thing of the past thanks to brain-computer interface (BCI) technology being developed in Europe that lets users perform everyday tasks with thoughts alone.
Study Concludes Baby Boomers Want to Age In Place
Most Baby Boomers, like their parents, are choosing to “age in place,” but a large and growing number – more than 1.2 million households – are choosing to move to communities designed to meet their needs.
How Does Broadband Affect Aging in Place?
“…with the rising tide of tech-savvy baby boomers on the verge of cresting into retirement, broadband is poised to be one of a handful of critical tools necessary for aging seniors in the 21st-century.”
I’ve Fallen and …
You've heard how a personal medical alert system can help you in a time of need but what is it like to actually live with it? …