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As you start to figure out where you’re going to retire, one thing you should bear in mind is the relationship between residential and commercial spaces. If the two are separate, then chances are you’ll be driving your health into the ground.
The exodus of workers from the city in order to enjoy the [...]

When you’re twenty-five, you can pretty much live anywhere - a car, the beach, even on a train between cities as you tramp your way across Europe. As you get older, though, and the body parts stop working according to the manufacturer’s specs, you discover that living ain’t so easy anymore. In fact, it might [...]

Disabled Activists Win Battle for Independent Care
Earlier this summer, federal officials announced they will provide two billion dollars to states that help people leave nursing homes — instead of paying for them to live in one. That plan was the result of an unlikely alliance between severely disabled activists and a White House official.
Green [...]

NPR recently did a segment on Elite Care’s monitoring technology being used in an assisted living facility. Here’s a peek at what the monitoring device looks like and how it works.
Creating an Autonomy-Risk Equilibrium (CARE)
CARE is Elite Care’s comprehensive “smart home” technology system that serves two primary audiences. The first is residents who want biofeedback [...]

Books we recommend: PassPorter’s Walt Disney World for Your Special Needs

PassPorter’s Walt Disney World for Your Special Needs : The Take-Along Travel Guide and Planner!
by Deb Wills, Debra Martin Koma
Do you have special needs? We believe that virtually every family or group that visits Walt Disney World and the Disney Cruise Line has at [...]

Credit: One & Co.
Design today plays a vital role in enhancing the quality of our daily living experience. Even something as simple as a crutch can be re-designed with an eye toward better functionality combined with a more personal sense of aesthetics.
Business Week asked several design firms to re-imagine crutch design taking into account [...]

USA Today features a nice article on how to make your home senior friendly. Aging in place requires modest or sometimes radical adjustments to your living environment. Take something as simple as sitting on the toilet. Health conditions make make the task of bending down and standing up nearly impossible. The solution: a raised toilet [...]

Ten Things You Should Know About the Accessible Congregations Campaign
1. The Accessible Congregations Campaign (ACC) seeks to gain the commitment of congregations of all faiths to include people with all types of disabilities as full and active participants. It is sponsored by the Religion and Disability Program of the National Organization on Disability.
2. The theme [...]