


Getting Your Home Wheelchair Ready... Makes Life Better For Everyone
We are frequently asked to design and implement home modifications for wheelchair clients and their families. Sometimes, the disability is temporary like an accident or a recent surgery. More often, the need stems from a more chronic condition or the effects of aging. Modifications to ease home accessibility can touch every room of the house as we seek to create obstruction-free environments that allow natural flow. What used to surprise us( but no longer does) is that the result often turns out to benefit every family member. So pay attention to these "wheelchair accessible" lessons: they have broad application.

Decluttering: A Great Home Accessibility Strategy
Everywhere you look, there are newspaper articles and magazines pieces about decluttering your home, closets, kitchens, garages, etc. The home organizers have taken over and even Netflix has the fever, running a very popular series featuring the Japanese decluttering guru, Marie Kondo. With all this going on, we thought why not write a blog that puts some focus on how this fits into aging in place and disability planning. And not surprisingly, as our research progressed, we became increasingly aware of the important connection between decluttering and home accessibility.