Your family home has been the setting of so many memories and big life moments. Maybe it’s where your kids took their first steps or where you have shared countless meals with the people you love most.
Aging should not be the determining factor that decides when you have to leave the home you love. But for many people in Shelby County, that’s exactly the case.
But through aging-in-place renovations, you can plan for the years ahead without giving up the home and the community you already love. Shelby County can be a wonderful place to age in place, and with the right changes to your home’s layout, you can better prepare for the future in the home you already love.
The goal of aging-in-place renovations is not to make your home feel clinical or overly adapted. It is to incorporate practical features into a design that still feels like your home, and here’s how you can do that:
Open Floor Plans
For an aging-in-place renovation, an open layout may also create more flexibility for different furniture arrangements and changing mobility needs in years to come. Transforming your home with an open floor plan can make the movement between your rooms a lot easier and safer.
If at any point in the future your Shelby County home needs to accommodate a wheelchair, walker, or other mobility tool, having wider, more accessible pathways can make it easier to move throughout your home; this also goes a long way in preserving your independence as you age.
Wider Hallways
Hallways are easy to overlook until navigating them becomes challenging. During an aging-in-place renovation, widening certain hallways and other passageways can provide more clearance that makes movement through the home more comfortable.
Ramps and Grab Bars
Aging and changing mobility transitions that can come along with aging can make steps, uneven surfaces, and certain areas of your home more difficult to navigate; not to mention more dangerous.
Adding ramps where appropriate can create easier entry and exit points, while strategically placed grab bars can provide additional support in bathrooms, hallways, and other areas where extra stability may be helpful.
Accessible Storage & Outlets
The location of everyday items can make a surprisingly big difference in how comfortably your home functions. Accessible storage can place frequently used belongings within easier reach, while easy-to-reach outlets can reduce the need to bend, stretch, or reach awkwardly just to plug in your devices.
Curbless Showers
The bathroom is an area where planning ahead makes a big difference. A curbless shower eliminates the raised threshold found in many traditional showers, which provides a safe and easy transition into the shower area.
This aging-in-place renovation is often paired with additional features such as seating, accessible controls, and strategically placed grab bars.
At TruVine Renovations, we make it easy for your home to adapt to future changes through aging-in-place renovations. As a licensed and insured design-build remodeling firm serving Shelby County and surrounding areas, we handle both design and construction in-house with a structured 10-step process that keeps each stage connected and each project on track.
Are you ready to future-proof your home? Contact us today to learn more about aging-in-place renovations that make sense for your home and your situation.
