“You don't have to be old to live in accessible home. But you will be old someday. Plan for it. I am very excited to say thatAging in PALACE© (an alternative to aging-in-place)- The Quick Start Guide-Volume 1 is OUT! Download it to your desktop or Kindle. It is an eReader (30 pps, 5400 word co
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09/27/2012
Buckminster Fuller - Scholars,architects, artists and practitioners gathered in Asheville, NC to celebrate Buckminster Fuller, the legendary inventor of the 20th century and a visionary role model for a new generation of artists, thinkers and problem-solvers in the 21st century. "Bucky" is
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09/21/2012
Aging-in-Place Homes - The Asheville-style Action Plan Background: Accessible, universal design allows function and aesthetics to coexist. Developed by a wheelchair-bound architect who thought that homes should be designed for everyone,regardless of physical ability or age, universal design ma
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09/20/2012
Aging-in-Place- The Real Story So much can grow out of life experiences - especially if they are accentuated by events of the 60s. Many of us -approximately 90 Million in 2012, now somewhere between the ages of 50-to-80-or so, given those events, are not settling for life after retirement as live
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09/19/2012
Asheville New Homes for sale-"NAHB Confidence Level Highest in Six Years" According to the latest reports, confidence among U.S. homebuilders rose this month to its highest level in six years and many expect the housing recovery will strengthen in the next six months. The National Association of
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09/18/2012
Aging Consumers' Influence on Home Design Recent research indicates that aging people will and do already have an enormous influence on home design and remodeling. As a result, universal design in dwelling places may well become the norm. What does this mean in terms of changing aging perspectiv
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09/15/2012
Aging in PALACE is now UP at Kindle. (eReader-30pps,5,500 words) The notion that age-friendly homes are unattractive is a misconception. The term, “aging-in-place” may (unintentionally) carry a negative connotation, at least in the view of responders to a poll taken by researchers at The Sage C
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09/12/2012
Asheville opens way to a new vision of aging.Presented by the Buncombe County Culture Change in Aging Network (BC-CAN) What kind of home will be your home in later life? REALTORS® can play a crucial role in answering this question. September, 2012 DATE: Saturday, Sept 29, 2012TIME: 9:00 am -
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09/10/2012
Planning for Independence -an Interesting Statistic· Eighty percent of older people today live in their own homes. In planning for independence in the future so-called “senior citizens” and “leading edge boomers” see a process of change and certain steps to take. Possibly the first step is to bec
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09/05/2012
