Architects and designers including Lisa M. Cini, Jane Rohde, Dale Miller, David Ashen, Brian Kent Jones, Chris Sommers & Jaclyn Moser, along with 45 manufacturers, transform the Werner House, Columbus’ Woodland Manor Mansion, into an innovative demonstration and test-drive showplace for aging and multi-generational living
The market increasingly is less about products specifically designed for older adults as it is about the marketing of many consumer offerings that could be useful to them. This includes smartphones, tablets, smart home technology, Voice First hardware and virtual assistants, and in-home sensors. Each of those devices is enabled for older adults by either more targeted marketing and packaging, enabling software, or bundling into solutions for in-home caregiving and/or healthcare.
Silver Spaces has launched what has been described as “the only currently available web-based senior home assessment solution,” which is set to revolutionize the aging in place industry. Initially released in 2015 as an iTunes app, the product was officially launched internationally in October, 2020. The easy to use assessment is targeted to help homeowners create the best living options, taking into account what impacts their health, abilities, finances, socialization and access to transportation, or other influences.
November 4, 2020, Washington, D.C. - HomesRenewed Coalition, the leading organization championing home updates for living well throughout the modern lifespan, is mobilizing the leaders of the home renovation, homecare, technology, and others serving older Americans living in the community to call on the 117th Congress to include needed tax and other incentives in 2021 legislation. These incentives will enable Americans to upgrade their homes for safety and meet changing needs as well as to help the economy with construction jobs.
