#83 Living in Place and Wellness in the home with Linda Kafka How to renovate for the different ages of clients
We are talking about living in your home, wellness in your home and how simple things like the smell of grass and how impactful those scents are to your mental state. Since 2009 she has been a resource for the residential trade sector, a subject matter specialist and advocate for Inclusive Design and one of Canada's experts on living in place and wellness in the home. She’s a Certified Living in Place Professional (CLIPP) and a Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS). She just completed several Universal Design courses with the University of Buffalo Architectural Program and working on her Rick Hansen Accessibility Certification and her WELL AP designation.
This isn’t just about the older homeowners and wanting to stay living in place, think about expecting mothers, people with disabilities, accidents, delivery furniture there is so much to consider when renovating for what life has in store for you and your families. Homes should adapt to us over a lifetime and not us adapt to the home, renovating should be adaptable. Renovating for the aging population requires know how in lighting, natural and artificial and task lighting, space to move around, door widths, soundproofing, and more. These types of renovations are based on emotions more than any other types of renos, you have to handle the client’s emotions carefully.
Its really important to understand the benefits of color, sound, light, air, water, and even wood grains and how these details can add to your wellness in your home.
We wrap up this show with a brand new segment and we call it, the Ten Questions of Construction, you will love how our guests will answer these questions.
Don’t forget we have Construction History from Manny at the beginning of the show, Building Code Talk with Manny at the midpoint and Green Book Talk with Carlito at the near end.
Thank You so much Linda for joining the show and sharing so much great insight about living in place, wellness in place and building better for the aging population. Find her and her mindset @lipnetwork and www.livablecanada.com on LinkedIN under her name Linda Kafka.
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