Let me help you transform your home into a comfortable, safe, accessible and beautifulspace that you can call home for many years. Why not invest in your current residenceinstead of paying for a retirement village or assisted living?Your future begins now! As an expert in Universal Design and Living in Place design, I have the…
Most people actuate HOSPICE with the end of life. In most cases, hospice caregivers come into a patient’s and their family’s lives when the diagnosis is terminal and the patient has around 6 months until the end of life. The purpose of hospice is to make “end of life” more comfortable for the patient and…
Bryan was 33 years old when he was diagnosed with ALS. He had spent 5 years teaching in Prague and was beginning his career at Wichita State University. He had fallen a few times and noticed weakness in his hands when trying to button a shirt. The neurologist told him then what…
Happiness is that feeling that comes over you when you know life is good and you can’t help but smile. … Happiness is a sense of well-being, joy, or contentment. When people are successful, or safe, or lucky, they feel happiness. A few months ago, I was caught off-guard when a prospective client asked me a…
We all have our own way of coping with the things life throws at us. The first few months after Bryans diagnosis of ALS, I could think of nothing else. It consumed my days and nights. Thinking about his future ; our future. At some point I realized that I only had the now. I…
In July of 2014, I took some downtime with Megan and Matt in Kansas City and designed an elevator location for our Longwood house. On the trip home, I was struck with severe abdominal pain. Major surgery fixed the problem. While recuperating at home, with my walker bumping along the walls, and showering being a […]
A year after we lost my Dad, Dot moved into a condo that we totally renovated. She purchased new furniture and window treatments and was quite comfortable and content. Let me preface this by saying that we are a very close family and she is at the center because of her unconditional love, amazing personality and sense of […]
Five things had to happen before the family could move into our Plum Tree house The Elevator had to be installed. Bryan’s bath had to be revamped for a roll- in shower Dot’s bath needed tub replaced with a walk in shower The master bath needed a lot of love and the shower enlarged. And of…
Just to recap… We are frantically searching for a home to accommodate our multi-generational family with accessibility issues. We require an elevator, 2 offices, 3 accessible bathrooms, a space for my the 88 year young mother, a suite for our 44 year old son who is battling ALS and a guest area for our Kansas City kids.…
As I said at the beginning, we could not move into the Plum Tree house until we had 3 bathrooms complete. If you have ever worked with me, you’ll remember that I like to one or two areas at a time so that we don’t disturb the entire family life. But time was of the…
