An increasing number of people are choosing to ‘future-proof’ their homes with specialist age-related modifications. Age Adapt are specialists in age-in-place home design, creating safe and comfortable living spaces for independent living.
Planning ahead in this way allows our clients to maintain their independence; ensuring they can stay at home for as long as possible. Not only do these adaptations create beautiful homes but they also make sure their living space are safe and secure.
Here are our top age-related home adaptations:
Bathrooms
Installing walk-in showers, full-access baths, thermostatic controls, raised-height toilets, cantilevered sink units, lever taps, grab rails, anti-slip flooring, shower seating and task lighting are our most popular bathroom adaptations.
Downstairs facilities
Moving the main bedroom downstairs and adding an en-suite or separate bathroom is an excellent and often essential element of independent living planning.
Kitchens
Incorporating additional clearance for mobility, a central island on wheels, seated surface for food preparation, raised-height appliances, slide-out work surfaces, under-counter drawers, anti-scald and lever taps, task lighting, roll-under sink, anti-slip flooring and D-shape handles for cupboards are essential modifications for ageing-in-place.
Stairways
Stairways often provide vital access to bedroom and bathrooms but can pose serious fall risks. We install additional wall handrails, light switches accessible at the top and bottom of the stairway, focus lighting on the stair, visual colour contrast on stair treads, stair lifts and anti-slip flooring avoiding strong patterns or shiny surfaces that reduce depth perception to make stairways safer.
Technology
There are so many technological advances that foster ageing-in place such as smartphone operated lighting and thermostats, video-entry door systems, medicine dispenser, robotic vacuum cleaners and lawn mowers, movement sensors and security cameras.
Lighting
Two-way switches, raised or lowered height switches, indirect lighting to reduce glare and shadow, external security lighting and task lighting,
Age Adapt 