Internationally acclaimed and award-winning author and educator James J. Pirkl, FIDSA has joined the advisory team of AIPatHome.com – specialists in age in place technologies, universal design homes and products education.
The National Association of Home Builders 50+ Housing Council’s Best of 50+ Housing Awards program is the industry’s most prestigious national awards program honoring excellence in building, design, and marketing of housing for boomers and beyond.
“Worsening eyesight makes finding items more frustrating, arthritis complicates browsing and reduced balance intensifies the strain of stooping or reaching for products,” reports Ellen Bryon for the Wall Street Journal. Bigger type faces, better lighting and improved shelf labeling are some of the solutions being implemented by retailers.
David Lindeman, executive director of the Center for Technology and Aging, said when seniors begin seeing “real-life applications for health IT that actually improve their lives,” barriers to technology go down and adoption goes up.
