POST 07: AGING IN PLACE

Staying in your own home as you get older is called "aging in place."

Nowadays, when we think of designing a home, we are also planning ahead of what could benefit us when we get older. Indeed, it is known that older people have issues to be on their own in their own homes as they need help. But it is definitely hard to plan ahead as we do not necessarily know how our needs might change.

Fortunately, there is a program that specializes on that specifically which is the Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS). It is a program that helps remodel the residential home so that it is more visitable. Indeed, it helps he clients make the right choices by adding more task lighting, more grab bars and other modifications that will result in a safer and comfortable place to live for everyone that enters.
Aging in Place and ADA Sympathetic bathroom remodel by Hardline Design and Construction in Portland, Oregon.

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