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Always Ageless: Customizing Aging in Place

I’m pleased to share my conversation with Valerie Van de Zilver on her Always Ageless podcast! We talked about stylish home modifications, PLUS modifying the way we think about aging itself.

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Mapping a Modification Mindset with Positivity Plus+ Planning  Mindset shifts make us more likely to make the proactive changes that prolong safety and independence.

POSITIVITY EFFECT

  • The U-Shaped Happiness Curve what it reveals about satisfaction and resilience as we age.

  • 4 types of Ageism: how to recognize & respond

  • Ageism in Home Design: features like narrow doorways, stairs-only access, & poor lighting unnecessarily disable older adults and people with disabilities.

PLANNING

  • Common Hazards & Fixes: practical do's and don'ts for Aging in Place

  • Grab Bars: the Unsung Heroes of Aging in Place: home mods like grab bars & ramps can reduce falls by 50% or more, yet stigma still keeps people from installing them.

  • Agetech Innovations: remote monitoring, ambient Ai, social platforms & othercreative tech to prolong safety & independence

  • Five Pillars of Aging in Place


Ageism Awareness is a Tool to empower older adults to explore their options, expand their choices and imagine themselves in a positive future

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📘UPCOMING (Oct 2025): Contributing Author: Aging in Place Conversations: The Caregiver’s Edition (NAIPC) "The Caregiver's Advantage: Ageism Awareness" How unexamined ageism affects caregiving relationships and care outcomes, with practical strategies to help family caregivers recognize and disrupt ageism in themselves, their loved ones, and the home environment.

Ageism:   Stereotypes (how we think)  Prejudice (how we feel) & Discrimination (how we act) towards others or ourselves based on age.  – World Health Organization 


 
 
 

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