Ageless Design
Manufacturers finally create stylish products for baby boomers to age gracefully at home Here’s a checklist from a book on Residential Design for Aging in Place, some links for additional information, and some photo examples.
Smart Toilets, a royal flush for Home Healthcare?
Passive devices like wireless motion sensors and Nike+ sensors in running shoes are great ways to monitor activity and progress, but what about your chemical makeup? Toilets, it seems, are ideal places to check bodily fluids…
Do Hands-free faucets really harbor germs?
According to reporter Eryn Brown of the LA Times, the electronic hands-free faucets save water but can spread germs. So how’s that? I don’t know, but apparently folks at Johns Hopkins Hospitals in Baltimore discovered that…