A workbook to help you stay safely and happily in your own home as you get older.
Aging in place has become a common term these days. Isn't that everyone's dream? Isn't it your dream to be in your own home, go to bed one night and die peacefully in your sleep.
But doing so requires some thought and in most cases not a lot of work to accomplish. None the less it is work that needs doing. Major renovations are not necessary, minor modifications are the key and whar make staying in your own home possible.
For most people, this is but a dream. Why? Because they haven't made plans for staying in their home as they age, let alone long enough to die there.
This book helps you create your plan and prepare your home in a way that will allow you to Stay Home for as long as possible. Staying Home offers practical steps that are easy, doable and that can be instantly actioned.
It is not about costly renovations or professional planners. It is about you creating your own environment that addresses your needs as you get older. The steps to be taken can be done gradually over time. Some can be done when with the help of the information in this book as you you become aware of the need to change something.
It doesn't matter if you are 50, 60 or 70, now is the time to start preparing your home and your life so it will allow you to age in place as you age. The one thing all of us seem to forget as we get older is what others think about you remaining in your own home. If they are thinking you are not safe living as you do, then their next thought is "if you can't be safe, you can't stay home".
This book can help address those safety issues by providing a safety checklist. You can use this list to demonstrate that you are on top of the safety issue, so they need not worry about. Consider this book as one step in the right direction to remaining independent as you age. We are living longer than ever and we are also healthier than ever. Most of which had to do with not only medical breakthroughs but our own awareness and how we look after ourselves. If we could manage to do that we can also learn to do whatever it takes to live longer, and happier in our own home.
