Aging in Place

Is your home going to be friendly to you as you drift into the more experienced portion of your life? One of my favorite HouseLogic slideshows showcases beautiful ways to incorporate universal design into your home.

When we created it, we keyed into the concept of aging in place, a trend I’m happy to see is growing—especially after I read a post about kid-friendly bathrooms at one of my favorite parenting blogs, Parent Hacks.

Here’s the epiphany: Universal and aging-in-place design also helps families with small children.

Parent Hacks’ list of how to make your bathroom kid-friendly overlaps greatly with universal design. Here’s one nugget I’ve embraced:

“Consider adding a hand shower. Not only are hand showers great for rinsing shampoo off little heads, they’re less intimidating for older kids transitioning from baths to showers.”

So if you’re not ready to think about aging in place, but you’ve got small children, it makes sense to pay attention to universal design features.

What kid-friendly household hacks have you found?

By: Liz Foreman

Published: April 8, 2011