Age In Place At Home: Adapting The Home Environment For All Generations - Softcover

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Age In Place At Home: Adapting The Home Environment For All Generations

Stay Independent. Stay Safe. Stay Home.

More and more people want to remain in the place they love most — their own home. Age in Place at Home is your step-by-step aging in place guide to making that dream a reality. Whether you’re planning for yourself, caring for an aging or disabled loved one, creating a safe home for seniors, building an addition, or remodeling a home for long-term comfort while following a planners home edit, this book gives you the knowledge and confidence to create a safe, welcoming, and accessible home renovation and living environment.

Inside, you’ll discover:

• Practical Eldercare Home Modifications — from simple safety upgrades for seniors like fall prevention to full accessible home renovation and remodeling strategies for bathrooms, bedrooms, and kitchens
• Universal Design Principles for the universal design home that work for every generation, not just seniors
• Checklists and Resources for accessibility, safety, and eldercare planning or as an aging in place guide
• Cost-saving Tips to compare remodeling using proven home accessibility modifications vs. moving causing you to lose all familiarity and household memories

• Comfort & Style ideas that prove accessible home renovation and aging in place design can also be beautiful within your forever home design

With over 30 years of building experience, David L. Traut, CAPS, shares proven solutions drawn from real homes and real families. His insights blend craftsmanship, accessibility expertise, and heartfelt guidance for anyone who wants to age in place gracefully. David is a founding member of the National Aging in Place Council.

Whether your goal is to prevent falls, prepare for future needs, adapt a home for independence, or simply create a safe home for seniors or aging parents filled with peace and purpose, this book is a guide to increase dignity, autonomy, and safety.

Your home is still your home. With the right aging in place design, it always can be.

Blending expert recommendations with warm encouragement, Age in Place at Home is more than a checklist—it’s a roadmap to creating a home that supports safety, comfort, dignity, and independence.

Your home is more than four walls—it’s your place of purpose, belonging, and peace. With the right tools and guidance, it can also be your forever home.

Your quality of life will improve if you follow my advice. The positive result is every family member has equal accessibility throughout your home’s universal design interior. IT JUST MAKES GOOD SENSE.

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