Renovations to Enable Aging in Place - Softcover

Spite, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1312075708 ISBN 13: 9781312075702

Publisher: Lulu.com, 2023

Synopsis

A tremendous housing crisis is slowly developing in America. Less than 1% of the homes in the United States have features allowing aging to safely occur in them. By 2032, over 68 million current homeowners will be unable to continue living in their homes, unless significant renovation first occurs. In this book, we take increasingly concerned aging homeowners, and their equally concerned adult children, on a concise journey. We move from inside our society, to outside the home, then inward and throughout a typical residence. At each step, we examine suggested renovations that will enable our elders to continue using those spaces, even as age diminishes their physical and mental capabilities. Perhaps even more importantly, it examines how to set priorities, so such renovations can be done practically and without facing too much resistance. This book is a resource guide to assist in planning facilities of all levels for aging, and at least in one aspect, making an inevitable future more enjoyable

About this title

About the Author

Paul F. Spite lives with his wife Sally in Chesterton, IN, where he enjoys the occasional company of three children and ten grandchildren. A graduate of Ball State University, he has been a licensed professional architect for over forty-two years, with current registration in four states. A fair number of his projects have been multi-family housing and facilities for elder care. A large part of his practice has also centered on single family housing design. In the recent past, he has written numerous courses used by other architects and engineers for continuing education and currently teaches live webinars. Among other subjects, these webinars include courses on aging-in-place and energy conservation

Edition details

• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1312075708
• ISBN 13: 9781312075702
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 174