Articles on "Aging in Place"
Applying Universal Design Concepts
By Michael Leite, P.E. Universal design has been defined as building environments that are accessible by anyone regardless of their physical limitations or disabilities. Much of the universal design concept has been codified in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. In practice most situations involve the retrofitting of an existing space with all of its limitations rather than the construction of a new space in which the designer has an empty palette. In the retrofit situation, the design must [...]
“Granny Nav” Helps Older Drivers
Nicknamed “Granny Nav”, the technology is being developed as part of a 12 million pound ($19.34 million) program by the UK’s Research Council to help the elderly better navigate while driving. ”For many older people, particularly those living alone or in rural areas, driving is essential for maintaining their independence, giving them the freedom to get out and about without having to rely on others,” Professor Phil Blythe who led the research said in a press statement. “But we all [...]
PA Community Launches “Senior Center Without Walls”
The initiative represents a new approach to community outreach created by the Berks County AAA. It is designed to help older adults, their families and caregivers in underserved areas in the county by taking programs directly to their neighborhoods. Pennsylvania Secretary of Aging Brian Duke today joined the Berks County Area Agency on Aging (AAA) for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the launch of Senior Center Without Walls at the Jamestown Village Community Room. “This program is a wonderful example [...]
The Three Legged Stool for Aging in Place/Community
I have been neglecting this blog lately, so I figured I might share a recurring theme that I have been speaking about recently at events and expos. Based on conversations with our readers and my personal involvement in the Village/Aging in Place/Aging in Community movement I have become convinced that successful “aging” can be described as a three legged stool (yes, I know it’s an overused analogy!) I feel that the legs of the stool support us having “purpose” in [...]
People on the Move – AFrame Digital Wins NIH Telehealth Grant
AFrame Digital announced today that the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded the company a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant. The more than $1 million grant supports a two-year study to evaluate the use of novel mobile technologies to improve remote health and wellness monitoring of seniors. The project will monitor 90 adults, aged 65 years and older (including 60 with congestive heart failure), for six months each. The research will [...]
Celebrating 60 Years with the Help of a Home Health Agency
Theirs is a love story that most dream of having. Don and Polly Petersen met at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, where she was an art student and he was pursuing a degree in Engineering. “He stood out in the crowd,” said Polly. “I was instantly attracted to his charm and good looks when we sat at the same table of mutual friends while having coffee.” Married after their graduation in 1951, the Petersens had three children. While the couple [...]
LeadingAge Researchers Win $698,000 Grant to Study Housing-With-Services
Project Will Assess Effectiveness of Affordable Housing Settings for Providing Services and Reducing Costs The LeadingAge Center for Applied Research has received a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to conduct the first national effort to assess whether affordable housing settings can serve as effective platforms for meeting the health and long-term care needs of low-income older residents while helping to reduce care costs. With the $698,000 grant, the Center will study the role that publicly [...]
AARP Request for Information – Deadline 3/16 – Combating Isolation for 50+
AARP Foundation is working to win back opportunity for struggling Americans 50+ by being a force for change on the most serious issues they face today: housing, hunger, income and isolation. By coordinating responses to these issues on all four fronts at once, and supporting them with vigorous legal advocacy, the Foundation serves the unique needs of those 50+ while working with local organizations nationwide to reach more people, work more efficiently and make resources go further. AARP Foundation is [...]
A Valuable Connection with a Home Care Company
For the ‘sandwich generation’, finding the appropriate care for a parent can be a stressful time, but it is particularly difficult if an adult child is without the support of siblings or other family. This was the case for Allan Richmond when his mother passed away in November of 2006.“She was the independent one and really the caretaker of my dad giving him his medications and things like that,” he said. “Although my dad could walk around fairly well, at [...]
Study Reveals Disabled Seniors Seek Dignity and Control
Two factors — a sense of dignity and a sense of control — are critical to quality of life for disabled elderly people, according to a new study that also found that most disabled seniors rate their quality of life as “fair to very good.” The two factors were emphasized by 62 disabled seniors (white, black, Hispanic, and Chinese American) who were interviewed by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco. “By [...]
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