Retirement Living Options
When it comes to retirement living options, the question of whether to stay at home or to move often looms large. Here are the things to consider so you make the right decision.
Graceful aging: topic: Basics of Life
Activities of daily living, and where to live.
Retirement Living: Comparison Matrix & Talk
There are a variety of retirement living “business model” options for a person living independently at home to consider when weighing whether to stay or move, as described in this recent article (Retirement Living Options). They vary from staying put and joining a village for companionship and support services to purchasing a place and moving … Read more
Caring for & Dealing with Elderly Parents: The Books
In a previous article I did a little research to find the 10 “best selling” books on the topic of Aging Parents (on Amazon). I have now waded through them all, and in this article I summarize my impressions of the different books, in the hope that you can leverage my work so you need only focus on the ones that seem most useful for you.
Joe Maxwell’s Universal Design Kitchen
This article describes a piece of universal design (a kitchen) from 83 yr old designer Joe Maxwell. When you read about Joe’s kitchen design below from the 1950’s you can’t help wondering why we don’t see more Universal Design in mainstream products.
Interview: New Technology for Older Adults
San Francisco radio station KALW aired this short interview on New Technology for Older Adults with Richard Caro.
Toenail Clippers for Elderly People
Our circles of older adults have been exploring toenail clippers for elderly people. They explain that older adults often have nails that are hard to cut or hard to reach. The explorers are especially interested in toenail clippers for thick toenails, and toenail clippers that will work when a person has arthritis, and thus can not … Read more
Hands-on Workshop: Home Sensor Systems
We are running a workshop on Home Sensor Systems on Wed July 15th. It is designed to go a step beyond the recent book on this topic, and provide actionable, personalized, hands-on support to people wanting to decide whether they want one of these systems, and if so which one would be right for them.
Ideas for Apps for Seniors
At a conference organized by San Francisco’s Institute on Aging, I ran an interactive “exploration”, in which we asked attendees to vote on “Senior Apps they Like“, or to submit ideas they have for “There should be an App for that“. We got quite a few interesting ideas, and this article reports the results of the session.
Aging in Place: Better Tools, Mindshare. Next Meetup.
The focus of our next Aging in Place Technologies Meetup (May 20) is Better Tools for Aging in Place. The format for this month’s Meetup will be an informal exchanging of ideas in an Unconference format.
How Technology Can help You Live Independently
Richard Adler from the Institute of the Future, and Richard Caro from Tech-enhanced Life are speaking at the Avenidas Annual Housing Conference next month.