As a certified aging-in-place specialist, Kiriu speaks with groups and works with clients to ensure homeowners recognize and remedy any potential home hazards or challenges for aging residents, whether it’s for their own safety or the safety of a live-in relative. When adding an in-law suite, he says, homeowners should be thinking through everything from including reinforced walls and grab bars like these in the shower to choosing mood-boosting paint colors. And it’s easiest to make these adjustments early on in the process, even if a parent doesn’t currently have mobility or cognitive problems.
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or rooms that are short on space, a slimline wardrobe can provide ample storage and improve access. This faux three-panel door is actually one piece, but the horizontal lines help to lesson its long and lean proportions. A blue-green paint with more depth than the wall colour provides just the right amount of contrast.
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