PILLAR 2 OF 5
At Home
A home that works now
and still works in twenty years.
Your home is where the plan lives or dies. A home that works for you at 62 won’t automatically work at 82. Small things become big things. A step you never noticed. A grab bar you kept meaning to install. A bathroom door that won’t fit a walker if you ever need one.
I started looking at my own house differently after my husband came home from the hospital. I noticed things I’d been stepping over for years. The throw rug in the hallway. The low cabinet I couldn’t reach without kneeling. The lighting I’d been compensating for with squinting. None of it was dangerous yet. All of it was going to be eventually.
The At Home pillar is about the physical space. Modifications, lighting, storage, entryways, bathrooms, the quiet upgrades that make a home feel easy instead of a fight. Most of this work is small. Done early, it’s almost invisible. Done late, it’s a renovation. I’ll walk you through what matters most and where to start.
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Latest in At Home
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The Room-by-Room Home Safety Audit for Adults 55+ (Free Checklist Inside)
I've written before about the afternoon I finally walked through my own house and saw it the way a stranger would. That piece was the story. This one is the tool. It is the checklist I wish someone had handed me that day, organized the way you actually move through a...
Home Safety Audit: What I Found in My Own Home
I had lived in my house for more than twenty years. I knew where every creak in the floor was. I could walk it in the dark. If you had asked me whether it was safe, I would have looked at you like the question didn't make sense. Of course it was safe. It was home....
7 Things in Your Home Right Now That Are Fall Hazards (And How to Fix Them Today)
Falls are the leading cause of injury for adults over 65, and most of them happen at home, on ordinary floors, in ordinary rooms, doing ordinary things. That is not me trying to scare you. It is what the public health data has shown for years. I am not telling you...
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