(2025-12-11) Age in Place or Find a New Space

Age in Place or Find a New Space: a Steve Gurney ProAging session, with Occupational Therapist and author Carol Chiang. (Aging in Place)

Carol's site: https://evolvinghomes.com/

Carol's book: Age in Place or Find a New Space: How to Create Beautiful Spaces That Promote Meaningful Interactions ISBN:979-8991043632

Universal design is the design of buildings, products or environments to make them accessible to people, regardless of age, disability, or other factors. It emerged as a rights-based, anti-discrimination measure, which seeks to create design for all abilities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_design

Social prescribing is a model of care delivery that enables health professionals to formally prescribe non-clinical community activities— including the arts, movement, nature, and service (volunteering)— to improve patient health, and at minimal patient cost. Social prescribing is designed to address social determinants of health, including social connection (vs loneliness). Built on a foundation of health equity and collaboration across sectors, social prescribing is intended to broaden health professional toolkits, rather than to replace pharmacological measures. https://www.socialprescribingusa.com/

Lifestyle Medicine is a rapidly growing discipline that focuses on the role of lifestyle factors in preventing, managing, and reversing chronic disease. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10831813/

group will be reading: Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers: A Retirement and Aging Roadmap for Single and Childless Adults (Retirement Planning Book, Aging, Estate Planning), ISBN:1633537684