Universal Design

Very Clear Message

May 14, 2012
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Joel Shapira, of Beyond Age passed on this link to a really good You Tube panel over the weekend. The panel members are  Jody Holtzman of AARP, Ken Dychtwald of Age Wave and Doug Busch of Care Innovations. They are speaking at the Milken Institute  Global 2012 conference. Watch it! I doubt your impression will [...]

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Edgy in Indy

April 24, 2012
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I was recently welcomed to Indianapolis for a program we called “Inside, Outside, All Around the Town“. The day long workshop was part of the ten year anniversary celebration of the Center for Aging and Community at the University of Indianapolis. Firecracker director Ellen Miller invited me to co-present with Zachary Benedict, of the Petula [...]

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Aging in Place is about Innovation

April 13, 2012
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Since the American Society on Aging  2012 Aging in America conference my mind has been occupied by the sessions I attended, the preparation I did to give three presentations, the Aging in Place Institute Action Salon and MANY less formal conversations. A new view of Aging in Place as disruption and innovation follows.

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the tide is turning…or the tipping point…or

March 9, 2012
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I get but do not often read Senior Housing News very thoroughly. I think it is about service enriched housing, sort of the flip or opposite side of Aging in Place. What caught my eye was “What’s Cooking in the Design Kitchen: A Recipe for Aging in Place“. This is not the Senior Housing News [...]

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Universal Design Cottages

February 20, 2012
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I have written before about the Universal Design Cottages at Greenwood project in Howard County, Maryland. Last week we had an open house. One unit is occupied. All ten cottages are sold out. These are Affordable, LEED Platinum and UD. This is a great project! I hope the approach is copied because it is very [...]

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Very Good Universal Design Interview

February 8, 2012
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My good friend Dick Duncan of the R.L. Mace Institute is interviewed about Universal Design in this issue of  Remodeling. The topic is rarely covered well, but Dick gets all the point across here.

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2nd Annual Universal Design Day at NAHB/IBS 2012

February 6, 2012
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I‘m heading to Orlando this week for the National Association of Home Builders’ International Builder’s Show. I will be part of the second annual Universal Design Day education and show floor tours. Last year’s activities were very well received so we are repeating it.

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A Rash of Summits, No Crossing the Divide

February 3, 2012
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My friend Bob Barkin asked me “How was the big summit?”  At first I did not get what he was talking about. He had glanced at my blog and saw more than one Summit headline.  Then I realized he thought all the summits I have written about lately was ONE summit.  He thought it was [...]

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Silvers Summit/ Digital Health 2012

January 18, 2012
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My how time flies!  I started to report on last week’s Silvers Summit at CES  (Consumer Electronics Show) by referring to my write up last year. Turns out the last one I wrote was two years ago! This was the first time I attended the Silvers Summit or CES. So, Can I write the same [...]

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BEST Panel at Silvers Summit

January 16, 2012
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I predicted my panel would be the best at the Silvers Summit. I was right! Not that the competition wasn’t fierce. There were plenty of great folks talking about great things. I lead off with the twin themes that Aging in Place is not about isolated homes and individuals but homes that are part of [...]

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