AGING-IN-PLACE DESIGN
Accessible Home USA is an Aging-In-Place construction firm!
- What does Aging-In-Place mean?
- How does Aging-In-Place design serve my needs?
- What features are typical in Aging-In-Place design?
What does Aging-In-Place mean?
Accessible Home USA is a design and build construction firm. Like most construction firms, we seek to serve the homeowner by working with them to design and implement quality renovations to improve the value of their property and the quality of their lives.
What makes Accessible Home USA different from the average construction firm is our growing emphasis on designing accessibility for the aging and the disabled into our projects. Accessible Home USA is a Certified Aging-In-Place Specialist or "CAPS", a special designation of the National Association of Home Builders in the United States. As a CAPS Aging-In-Place construction firm, Accessible Home USA is trained to be on the cutting edge of serving the needs of the growing community of aging and disabled homeowners in our area.
How does Aging-In-place design serve my needs?
If you are part of the growing community of aging and disabled homeowners, hiring Accessible Home USA to design and implement your project will serve your specific concerns in some important ways.
As an Aging-In-Place design firm, we thoroughly evaluate our clients' physical concerns and needs and we ask three general but important questions:
- What design features does our client need today?
- What design features will our client more than likely need in the future?
- How can we seamlessly fold these needed features into an aesthetically pleasing environment that is universally comfortable for all household members?
What features are typical in Aging-In-Place Design?
Design for Aging
- Large, open spaces for ease of movement
- Level, unencumbered floors for ease of movement
- Bringing in natural sunlight to brighten interior to improve mood
- Wide doorways for easier access
- Swing out-of-the-way door hinges to get doors out of the way
- One-touch no-need-to-grip faucet designs
- Lever no-need-to-grip door handles and latches
- Easy open casement (crank) windows
- Higher comfort-height toilets and electric lift toilet seats
- Grab bars
Design for Accessibility
- Ramps and lifts
- Elevators
- Open, roomy bathrooms designed to ADA standards
- Roll-in showers
- Roll-under sinks
- Automatic, push button variable height kitchen counters, sinks, cook tops
- Raised dishwashers
- Lowered Ovens & microwaves
- Higher 8" kitchen kick plates - easier wheel chair access
- Easy grip handrails
- Lever door knobs and electric, automatic door openers
- Swinging and sliding doors
Low-Maintenance Exteriors
- Composite, no maintenance decking
- Vinyl siding of all styles
- Forever roofing materials
- Gutter protection
