Elderdesign : Designing and Furnishing a Home for Your Later Years [Paperback]

Rosemary Bakker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1997

In a world where more adults than ever are looking for an affordable way to make their later years worry free, Elderdesign offers something truly valuable--the ability to choose an independent lifestyle. Rosemary Bakker, an interior designer with a master's degree in gerontology, suggests easy home alterations that can help people live comfortably and safely as they age.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (August 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140258094
• ISBN-13: 978-0140258097
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,304,644 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Design Principles For Senior Living, November 15, 2002

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This review is from: Elderdesign : Designing and Furnishing a Home for Your Later Years (Paperback)

The author gives advice on designing and furnishing a smart aging home, providing room-by-room analyses, checklists, and recommendations for resources. She addresses specific physical conditions and considers 'the healing bedroom' as a means to setting up a home hospital. And she covers 'the caring community', outlining the local support systems available for the onset of health and disability issues. (I found the reference to 'motion seating' and the company that makes it to be worth the price of the book alone.) Having seen my father through his last years, I already had an appreciation of the need for things as basic as proper seating and an accessible bathroom. The author's experience with her mother's Alzheimer's disease gave me even more to think about. This book appears to be going out of print which is unfortunate because it is quite practical. Buy it while you can.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fine book, July 5, 2002

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This review is from: Elderdesign : Designing and Furnishing a Home for Your Later Years (Paperback)

Briefly, a fine book to sensitize one to issues of design as they apply to older persons. Although much of this book pertains to new constructions, I used it to sensitize me to issues that were also relevant to retrofit--such as putting up railings, etc., in an existing house.