This newsletter from Empowering The Mature Mind provides information on their consulting and design services for aging in place housing solutions. It highlights an upcoming speaking engagement and their featured project remodeling a home for accessibility and independence for a paraplegic client. It also promotes their book on aging in place design and lists upcoming courses on the topic they are presenting locally in the Seattle area.
La vida en el hogar- IKEA, ¿Qué hace que un hogar sea un hogar?IKEA España
Se dice que el hogar es el lugar donde está el corazón. Pero a día de hoy ¿qué hace que un hogar sea un hogar? ¿Y qué hace que nos sintamos como en casa en un sitio? Hemos analizado el porqué y hemos encontrado cuatro dimensiones: Espacio, Objetos materiales, Relaciones personales y Lugar. Y hemos llegado a la conclusión de que es el momento de redefinir nuestra idea de hogar.
La computadora es una máquina electrónica que recibe datos, los procesa y los convierte en información útil para el usuario. Puede ejecutar rápidamente una variedad de instrucciones de acuerdo a lo indicado por el usuario. En 1960, la empresa Digital Equipment Corporation lanzó la PDP1, la cual introdujo el primer monitor de tubo de rayos catódicos para computadoras. Dispositivos como el teclado, el ratón, el monitor y las bocinas permiten la entrada y salida de información a la computadora y facilitan aplicaciones multimedia.
The document discusses the use of various media technologies in the different stages of a media project. Technologies used in the research and planning stage included iMac computers, laptops, YouTube, Google, and social media platforms. Editing software like Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, and PowerPoint were used extensively in the construction stage. Technologies used to evaluate the project included uploading videos to YouTube, creating slideshows on PowerPoint and uploading them to Slideshare, and building a website using Wix.com.
Task groups allow users to manage complex projects by organizing relevant tasks into groups. Groups can be created by selecting a task and clicking "Convert to group" or by selecting multiple tasks and clicking "Group Tasks." Groups display progress by showing the number of tasks in different states (done, active, blocked). Completing all tasks inside a group is necessary to complete the entire group.
"Aging In Place: 5 Things to Remember for AIP Success" - Here is our slide deck for the Housing Washington Regional Conference 2014, to be held Oct. 6 - 8th at the Tacoma Convention and Trade Center. We speak on October 8th at 9:50am
Oil, gas+power customer presentation email versionSuj Kang
Structural Fabrications (SF) is a fabrication and engineering firm established in 1994 that provides nationwide services to industries including oil, gas, petrochemicals, and power generation. SF offers a complete service from design and fabrication to installation and maintenance. They focus on delivering quality products and responsive customer service by meeting deadlines, demonstrating flexibility, and maintaining strong customer relationships. SF has the capabilities and experience to implement a variety of projects for leading companies in the industry.
La vida en el hogar- IKEA, ¿Qué hace que un hogar sea un hogar?IKEA España
Se dice que el hogar es el lugar donde está el corazón. Pero a día de hoy ¿qué hace que un hogar sea un hogar? ¿Y qué hace que nos sintamos como en casa en un sitio? Hemos analizado el porqué y hemos encontrado cuatro dimensiones: Espacio, Objetos materiales, Relaciones personales y Lugar. Y hemos llegado a la conclusión de que es el momento de redefinir nuestra idea de hogar.
La computadora es una máquina electrónica que recibe datos, los procesa y los convierte en información útil para el usuario. Puede ejecutar rápidamente una variedad de instrucciones de acuerdo a lo indicado por el usuario. En 1960, la empresa Digital Equipment Corporation lanzó la PDP1, la cual introdujo el primer monitor de tubo de rayos catódicos para computadoras. Dispositivos como el teclado, el ratón, el monitor y las bocinas permiten la entrada y salida de información a la computadora y facilitan aplicaciones multimedia.
The document discusses the use of various media technologies in the different stages of a media project. Technologies used in the research and planning stage included iMac computers, laptops, YouTube, Google, and social media platforms. Editing software like Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, and PowerPoint were used extensively in the construction stage. Technologies used to evaluate the project included uploading videos to YouTube, creating slideshows on PowerPoint and uploading them to Slideshare, and building a website using Wix.com.
Task groups allow users to manage complex projects by organizing relevant tasks into groups. Groups can be created by selecting a task and clicking "Convert to group" or by selecting multiple tasks and clicking "Group Tasks." Groups display progress by showing the number of tasks in different states (done, active, blocked). Completing all tasks inside a group is necessary to complete the entire group.
"Aging In Place: 5 Things to Remember for AIP Success" - Here is our slide deck for the Housing Washington Regional Conference 2014, to be held Oct. 6 - 8th at the Tacoma Convention and Trade Center. We speak on October 8th at 9:50am
Oil, gas+power customer presentation email versionSuj Kang
Structural Fabrications (SF) is a fabrication and engineering firm established in 1994 that provides nationwide services to industries including oil, gas, petrochemicals, and power generation. SF offers a complete service from design and fabrication to installation and maintenance. They focus on delivering quality products and responsive customer service by meeting deadlines, demonstrating flexibility, and maintaining strong customer relationships. SF has the capabilities and experience to implement a variety of projects for leading companies in the industry.
The document provides background information and evaluation of a short film called "Get Up Sam". It summarizes that the film is a teen drama about a lazy teenage boy who has a final exam the next morning but stays up late trying to study. It then evaluates the preliminary tasks of directing, filming, and editing the short film. It discusses the planning process, use of conventions like music and limited dialogue, representation of stereotypical teenage characters, and distribution plans. The document aims to attract teenage boys ages 15-19 through the use of relatable mise-en-scene elements in the protagonist's bedroom and comedy-drama conventions.
This document analyzes a classroom of 25 kindergarten students for a learning unit. It describes the class's general characteristics as having a mix of 13 girls and 12 boys between ages 5-6 with some English language learners and varying socioeconomic backgrounds. The class shows a wide range of cognitive abilities. The learning objectives are for students to interpret and display data in graph form, explain their findings, and share information. Students will work in groups to draw a conclusion, create a graph, and post their work to social media. They will also individually answer blog questions. The lesson will utilize various technologies and materials, and students will be assessed on their participation, work, and responses.
The document discusses the benefits of meditation for reducing stress and anxiety. Regular meditation practice can help calm the mind and body by lowering heart rate and blood pressure. Studies have shown that meditating for just 10-20 minutes per day can have significant positive impacts on both mental and physical health over time.
Este documento describe los principales órganos de los sentidos del cuerpo humano: el gusto, el olfato y el oído. Explica que el gusto se localiza en la piel, especialmente en las papilas gustativas de la lengua, labios y otras zonas del cuerpo. El olfato se localiza en la nariz, donde los receptores olfatorios detectan sustancias volátiles. El oído consta de tres partes - el oído externo, medio e interno - siendo el externo el pabellón auricular
This document provides details of Structural Fabrications Ltd, a company that has worked in the water industry for over 15 years. It has worked with several major water companies on various projects. Recently, it was approved by Severn Trent on a 5-year framework for fabrication work. The company serves customers across the UK and provides examples of recent projects it has completed for water treatment plants and pumping stations. These involve installations like lifting gantries, davits, and platforms.
El documento propone cinco ideas para mantener limpio el centro educativo. Estas incluyen establecer reglas positivas sobre la basura, decorar los pasillos con letreros sobre higiene, colocar basureros en lugares estratégicos, orientar a los maestros para educar a los estudiantes sobre limpieza, y establecer pequeñas multas para quienes arrojen basura fuera de los basureros.
DevOps is an approach to improve collaboration between development and IT operations teams. It aims to address problems like long release cycles, lack of testing, and manual processes by standardizing development practices, increasing monitoring, implementing test-driven development, automating testing, simplifying systems, enabling A/B testing, and facilitating environment creation. The goals are to empower developers, improve quality, enable continuous integration and deployment.
The Trusted Advisor service provides three types of intelligence - Focus, Inform, and Custom. Focus Intelligence includes a monthly newsletter and 4 articles focusing on a specific topic. Inform Intelligence also includes a monthly newsletter and 4 articles covering a wide range of topics. Custom Intelligence involves research commissioned by subscribers to solve specific performance issues. The service also provides support through independent advice, program critique, assessment analysis, verification, and benchmarking. It aims to help HR professionals excel by relying on a trusted source of unbiased information to grow professionally and deliver more value to their businesses.
The document outlines a kindergarten lesson plan about force and motion using balls and ramps. Over six days, students will be introduced to types of motion, construct a book about motion, explore ramps and balls, collect data, and analyze their findings using iPads, an ELMO, and a smart board. Resources for the lesson include the NSTA learning center and blogs about teaching energy, force and motion.
This document discusses how to design products and services that create emotional connections with users. It argues that good design appeals to users on a visceral, behavioral and reflective level. It provides tips for understanding a core demographic and incorporating elements like color, language, imagery and storytelling that resonate on an emotional level. Additionally, it suggests giving users tools for self-expression and minimal interfaces that facilitate opening up about feelings over time. The goal is to design interactions where users freely share how a product makes them feel.
The document provides guidance for participants in a design competition with both a research and design component. It outlines that the research portion involves finding an insight, and provides an example of a breakthrough insight about laundry being a chore versus dirt showing kids enjoyment. It then discusses various research methods like interviews, observation, and ethnography that can be used to discover insights. For the design portion, it advises thinking about the brand's marketing mix, visual language, and how the design fits with trends and the brand's context. The goal is to reimagine a product package and one additional touchpoint while grounded in consumer research.
CARTILS Branding & Packaging Design Consultants conducts research every year on the consumer trends that can affect packaging design. This presentation is the full presentation. Should you wish to receive more information about the CARTILS | TrendCluster 2014, please do not hesitate to contact info@cartils.com
"Housing is the HUB of Successful Aging in Place" - Your Home is your castle, your sanctuary, and the KEY to being happier, healthier, wealthier, and safer in your own community in your 2nd half of life. Learn the keys to successful aging in place by having us come speak to your convention, conference, or area aging event!
The document provides copywriting samples for an aspiring copywriter's portfolio. It includes advertisements for various brands and services across different industries, targeting different audiences. The ads utilize different mediums and proposition statements. Overall, the portfolio demonstrates the copywriter's ability to craft compelling and tailored messaging for diverse clients.
The document provides instructions for students to write a paragraph describing an invention they have created. It explains that an inventor comes up with new products or ideas to help accomplish tasks. Students are asked to think of an invention that would make their life easier and describe it in two paragraphs, with a transitional sentence connecting the paragraphs. An example paragraph is provided about a "Virtual Dresser" invention that allows the user to virtually try on outfits in a mirror before getting dressed. Students are given questions to help generate invention ideas and organize their writing.
The document provides instructions for students to write a paragraph describing an invention they have created. It explains that an inventor comes up with new products or ideas to help accomplish tasks. Students are asked to think of an invention that would make their life easier and describe it in two paragraphs, connecting them with a transitional sentence. An example paragraph is provided about a "Virtual Dresser" invention that allows the user to virtually try on outfits in a mirror before getting dressed. Students are given questions to help generate invention ideas and organize their writing.
Designing for emotion by letruongan.comAn Le Truong
Lê Trường An – Dịch giả – Tác giả – Marketer – chuyên thực hiện các dự án SEO, Social Media, Dịch thuật và xuất bản nội dung. Ngoài ra, Lê Trường An liên tục cập nhật nội dung blog với các chủ đề SEO, Marketing và nhiều hơn nữa…
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Chuyên viên Marketing – Tác giả - Dịch giả tại letruongan.com
Chuyên viên Marketing tại BrainCoach
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The team designed a bathroom product called Concept'care to improve autonomy for elderly users. Through ethnographic research and prototyping, they identified key daily bathroom activities that were difficult for elderly users, such as grooming. Concept'care is an integrated sink unit with an adjustable mirror, coverable sink, accessible storage and an optional chair to provide comfort while grooming. The final prototype was well-received by users and experts and will be produced and sold by their partner Lapeyre starting in January.
The psychology of brand experience - creating brand personalityAndy Marshall
The document discusses why brands develop personalities and outlines key points about human psychology that relate to this. It notes that people naturally assign human traits to non-human things and want social acceptance from belonging to groups. Having a likeable brand personality can provide this. It also distinguishes between social norms where money is not involved versus market norms with business transactions, noting brands should aim to operate in the warmer former space. The document concludes by outlining the "Big 5" model of human personality traits that brands can embody.
How can you use your event’s theme to jumpstart your creativity when it comes to graphics, stage design, marketing campaigns, or attendee experience? I used the 2019 TEDxTUM theme “Dive In” to illustrate how this can be done.
The document discusses various ways to overcome creative blocks and promote creativity. It provides quotes from famous creative figures about creativity and innovation. It also lists and describes different creative thinking tools and techniques that can help spark new ideas, including SCAMPER, PCP, hits and misses, forced analogies, and dealing with creative blocks by relaxing, taking breaks, or using creative thinking methods.
7 Reasons Why Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Make the Best Startup WorkersCaroline Lucas
This first appeared as a blog post on the Startup Institute blog, but after “going viral” in the Peace Corps community, it was published on the official agency blog as well, striking a chord with all the entrepreneurial RPCVs of the world.
The document provides background information and evaluation of a short film called "Get Up Sam". It summarizes that the film is a teen drama about a lazy teenage boy who has a final exam the next morning but stays up late trying to study. It then evaluates the preliminary tasks of directing, filming, and editing the short film. It discusses the planning process, use of conventions like music and limited dialogue, representation of stereotypical teenage characters, and distribution plans. The document aims to attract teenage boys ages 15-19 through the use of relatable mise-en-scene elements in the protagonist's bedroom and comedy-drama conventions.
This document analyzes a classroom of 25 kindergarten students for a learning unit. It describes the class's general characteristics as having a mix of 13 girls and 12 boys between ages 5-6 with some English language learners and varying socioeconomic backgrounds. The class shows a wide range of cognitive abilities. The learning objectives are for students to interpret and display data in graph form, explain their findings, and share information. Students will work in groups to draw a conclusion, create a graph, and post their work to social media. They will also individually answer blog questions. The lesson will utilize various technologies and materials, and students will be assessed on their participation, work, and responses.
The document discusses the benefits of meditation for reducing stress and anxiety. Regular meditation practice can help calm the mind and body by lowering heart rate and blood pressure. Studies have shown that meditating for just 10-20 minutes per day can have significant positive impacts on both mental and physical health over time.
Este documento describe los principales órganos de los sentidos del cuerpo humano: el gusto, el olfato y el oído. Explica que el gusto se localiza en la piel, especialmente en las papilas gustativas de la lengua, labios y otras zonas del cuerpo. El olfato se localiza en la nariz, donde los receptores olfatorios detectan sustancias volátiles. El oído consta de tres partes - el oído externo, medio e interno - siendo el externo el pabellón auricular
This document provides details of Structural Fabrications Ltd, a company that has worked in the water industry for over 15 years. It has worked with several major water companies on various projects. Recently, it was approved by Severn Trent on a 5-year framework for fabrication work. The company serves customers across the UK and provides examples of recent projects it has completed for water treatment plants and pumping stations. These involve installations like lifting gantries, davits, and platforms.
El documento propone cinco ideas para mantener limpio el centro educativo. Estas incluyen establecer reglas positivas sobre la basura, decorar los pasillos con letreros sobre higiene, colocar basureros en lugares estratégicos, orientar a los maestros para educar a los estudiantes sobre limpieza, y establecer pequeñas multas para quienes arrojen basura fuera de los basureros.
DevOps is an approach to improve collaboration between development and IT operations teams. It aims to address problems like long release cycles, lack of testing, and manual processes by standardizing development practices, increasing monitoring, implementing test-driven development, automating testing, simplifying systems, enabling A/B testing, and facilitating environment creation. The goals are to empower developers, improve quality, enable continuous integration and deployment.
The Trusted Advisor service provides three types of intelligence - Focus, Inform, and Custom. Focus Intelligence includes a monthly newsletter and 4 articles focusing on a specific topic. Inform Intelligence also includes a monthly newsletter and 4 articles covering a wide range of topics. Custom Intelligence involves research commissioned by subscribers to solve specific performance issues. The service also provides support through independent advice, program critique, assessment analysis, verification, and benchmarking. It aims to help HR professionals excel by relying on a trusted source of unbiased information to grow professionally and deliver more value to their businesses.
The document outlines a kindergarten lesson plan about force and motion using balls and ramps. Over six days, students will be introduced to types of motion, construct a book about motion, explore ramps and balls, collect data, and analyze their findings using iPads, an ELMO, and a smart board. Resources for the lesson include the NSTA learning center and blogs about teaching energy, force and motion.
This document discusses how to design products and services that create emotional connections with users. It argues that good design appeals to users on a visceral, behavioral and reflective level. It provides tips for understanding a core demographic and incorporating elements like color, language, imagery and storytelling that resonate on an emotional level. Additionally, it suggests giving users tools for self-expression and minimal interfaces that facilitate opening up about feelings over time. The goal is to design interactions where users freely share how a product makes them feel.
The document provides guidance for participants in a design competition with both a research and design component. It outlines that the research portion involves finding an insight, and provides an example of a breakthrough insight about laundry being a chore versus dirt showing kids enjoyment. It then discusses various research methods like interviews, observation, and ethnography that can be used to discover insights. For the design portion, it advises thinking about the brand's marketing mix, visual language, and how the design fits with trends and the brand's context. The goal is to reimagine a product package and one additional touchpoint while grounded in consumer research.
CARTILS Branding & Packaging Design Consultants conducts research every year on the consumer trends that can affect packaging design. This presentation is the full presentation. Should you wish to receive more information about the CARTILS | TrendCluster 2014, please do not hesitate to contact info@cartils.com
"Housing is the HUB of Successful Aging in Place" - Your Home is your castle, your sanctuary, and the KEY to being happier, healthier, wealthier, and safer in your own community in your 2nd half of life. Learn the keys to successful aging in place by having us come speak to your convention, conference, or area aging event!
The document provides copywriting samples for an aspiring copywriter's portfolio. It includes advertisements for various brands and services across different industries, targeting different audiences. The ads utilize different mediums and proposition statements. Overall, the portfolio demonstrates the copywriter's ability to craft compelling and tailored messaging for diverse clients.
The document provides instructions for students to write a paragraph describing an invention they have created. It explains that an inventor comes up with new products or ideas to help accomplish tasks. Students are asked to think of an invention that would make their life easier and describe it in two paragraphs, with a transitional sentence connecting the paragraphs. An example paragraph is provided about a "Virtual Dresser" invention that allows the user to virtually try on outfits in a mirror before getting dressed. Students are given questions to help generate invention ideas and organize their writing.
The document provides instructions for students to write a paragraph describing an invention they have created. It explains that an inventor comes up with new products or ideas to help accomplish tasks. Students are asked to think of an invention that would make their life easier and describe it in two paragraphs, connecting them with a transitional sentence. An example paragraph is provided about a "Virtual Dresser" invention that allows the user to virtually try on outfits in a mirror before getting dressed. Students are given questions to help generate invention ideas and organize their writing.
Designing for emotion by letruongan.comAn Le Truong
Lê Trường An – Dịch giả – Tác giả – Marketer – chuyên thực hiện các dự án SEO, Social Media, Dịch thuật và xuất bản nội dung. Ngoài ra, Lê Trường An liên tục cập nhật nội dung blog với các chủ đề SEO, Marketing và nhiều hơn nữa…
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Content Creator Lê Trường An
Chuyên viên Marketing – Tác giả - Dịch giả tại letruongan.com
Chuyên viên Marketing tại BrainCoach
Chuyên viên Content Marketing tại FoogleSEO
Dịch vụ Marketing – SEO – Content Marketing
The team designed a bathroom product called Concept'care to improve autonomy for elderly users. Through ethnographic research and prototyping, they identified key daily bathroom activities that were difficult for elderly users, such as grooming. Concept'care is an integrated sink unit with an adjustable mirror, coverable sink, accessible storage and an optional chair to provide comfort while grooming. The final prototype was well-received by users and experts and will be produced and sold by their partner Lapeyre starting in January.
The psychology of brand experience - creating brand personalityAndy Marshall
The document discusses why brands develop personalities and outlines key points about human psychology that relate to this. It notes that people naturally assign human traits to non-human things and want social acceptance from belonging to groups. Having a likeable brand personality can provide this. It also distinguishes between social norms where money is not involved versus market norms with business transactions, noting brands should aim to operate in the warmer former space. The document concludes by outlining the "Big 5" model of human personality traits that brands can embody.
How can you use your event’s theme to jumpstart your creativity when it comes to graphics, stage design, marketing campaigns, or attendee experience? I used the 2019 TEDxTUM theme “Dive In” to illustrate how this can be done.
The document discusses various ways to overcome creative blocks and promote creativity. It provides quotes from famous creative figures about creativity and innovation. It also lists and describes different creative thinking tools and techniques that can help spark new ideas, including SCAMPER, PCP, hits and misses, forced analogies, and dealing with creative blocks by relaxing, taking breaks, or using creative thinking methods.
7 Reasons Why Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Make the Best Startup WorkersCaroline Lucas
This first appeared as a blog post on the Startup Institute blog, but after “going viral” in the Peace Corps community, it was published on the official agency blog as well, striking a chord with all the entrepreneurial RPCVs of the world.
The document provides a summary of three videos about creativity and observation. It discusses how observing with new perspectives can lead to new ideas and ways of thinking. Noticing problems or difficulties in business can motivate coming up with creative solutions. Effectively communicating new ideas is also important. Overall, learning to observe differently helps develop skills that foster creativity and the ability to "invent the future."
The Contingency paradigm views the organization as a closed system that must adapt its internal structure and processes in response to environmental uncertainties, while the Resource Dependence paradigm sees the organization as open to and dependent on the external environment for critical resources, requiring the formation of interorganizational relationships to secure needed resources. Both paradigms recognize the importance of the environment in shaping organizational design and behavior, but differ in their focus on either internal adaptation or external resource procurement.
- Children acquire their first language through exposure to and interaction with their caregivers from a very young age.
- There are identifiable stages in language development as children's vocabularies and grammar skills grow. Babbling leads to first words around age 1 and simple sentences by age 2.
- Children are able to learn language so quickly due to innate language acquisition devices in the brain that allow them to pick up linguistic patterns.
- Environmental factors like the amount of language input children receive and the social context of learning facilitate language learning. Caregiver interaction is important.
- Theories try to explain how children acquire such complex language abilities
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Slides from a keynote talk at UX India 2014.
People have been creating together for thousands of years. Some of those people have written about their experience, and so we have the possibility of building on their wisdom. In this talk, Marc Rettig describes the age-old story of people who seek to have a creative voice through their work, and to connect their personal excitement and possibilities to the needs of the world. As this story repeats itself for many in the world of “user experience,” another familiar dynamic comes to light: the challenge of working in settings that express desire for creativity, but reward compliance. And therein lies a defining question of our time and our careers: where does profound creativity come from?
Once Halloween is over and before moving on to Christmas, we have created a number of activities to celebrate cold weather has finally arrived and to make our students aware of some special days that take place in November. This month Victoria has prepared an activity to look at acronyms and abbreviations, some activities to discuss the issue of consumerism on Black Friday, a fun activity with suffixes to encourage our students to make the most of their creativity and their command of English, and an activity which will help our youngest learners to have a greater contact with the season we are in. We hope you enjoy them. Happy teaching!
The document discusses various life skills such as critical thinking, creative thinking, decision making, problem solving, interpersonal relationships, effective communication, coping with emotions and stress, self-awareness, and empathy that are important for human talent management. It also provides descriptions of each life skill and gives examples to illustrate concepts like critical thinking, creative thinking, and effective communication. The document emphasizes that both technical skills and life skills are necessary for human talent management.
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Empowering The Mature Mind - SUMMER 2014 Newsletter
1. We provide CONSULTING and Winter, 2014
DESIGN SERVICES that allow
both HOMEOWNERS and INDUSTRY
PROFESSIONALS to create successful
& EMPOWERING housing solutions for
our “second half ” of life!
Featured Project: Remodel for a Paraplegic desiring more
independence in the bathroom – LOOK INSIDE!
A Newsletter by Aaron D. Murphy,
Printed on: August 5, 2014
Issue#07 Summer, 2014
Managing Editor at Empowering The Mature Mind,
Licensed Architect and Owner of ADM Architecture,
Certified Aging In Place & In Community Specialist
www.EmpoweringtheMatureMind.com info@EmpoweringTheMatureMind.com
2. Issue#07 Summer, 2014
What’s NEW at EtMM?
We have been presenting “Successful Aging in Place” subjects locally in the
Seattle area over the last few months, at locations such as:
1) Seattle’s NW Universal Design Council
2) Port Ludlow Senior Center, South Bay Association educ. Courses
3) “Meet the Author” – Book reading, Eagle Harbor Books, Bainbridge Is.,Wa
Upcoming Courses & Locations include:
1) Reid Real Estate, Silverdale Wa.
2) Bainbridge Parks & Rec. / Senior Center, Bainbridge Is., Wa.
3) Housing Washington, State Conference – Oct. ’14, Tacoma, Wa.
4) Seattle Home Show, “Nectargy” Stage, Sunday 10/5/14 – Seattle, Wa.
Check out our website at www.EmpoweringTheMatureMind.com to
see what topics and subject matter we can present on, and let us know
if your city, county, area agency on aging, or regional builders &
contractors could use the education we provide, thanks!
Printed on: August 5, 2014
Aging In Place: 5 Steps to
Designing a Successful Living
Environment for Your Second
Half of Life
Now available on
Amazon.com as a hard copy,
or as an E-book for your
Kindle, Nook, etc. !!!
Know someone with a product or service related to Boomers and their families?
Tell them about EtMM and our sponsorship opportunities with webinars, podcasts, speaking
engagements, website, and radio show too!
www.EmpoweringtheMatureMind.com info@EmpoweringTheMatureMind.com
3. Issue#07 Summer, 2014 Printed on: August 5, 2014
Product Focus – R&D for A.I.P.
There are many pieces to the “Aging in Place” puzzle. Here are a couple of great examples where the product
R&D world is independently way further down the road than the house as a whole… but it all plays a part in
your ability to keep a loved on home longer! Take a look…
“LiftWare” by Lift Labs Design: Stabilize Your Hand Tremor
Liftware cancels tremor to bring the joy back to mealtime.
Pick it up
Sensors in the handle detect
your hand tremor.
Start eating
Liftware quickly responds to your
tremor and steadies what you hold
http://www.liftlabsdesign.com/
Spill less
Shift attention away from spilling and
onto the people you're with
http://www.peta-uk.com/
Nail Clippers
Yard & Garden Tools
Kitchen Knives & Tools
www.EmpoweringtheMatureMind.com info@EmpoweringTheMatureMind.com
4. Issue#07 Summer, 2014
Best of “Murph’s Mind”
Printed on: August 5, 2014
Experiencing 65, as a 40 year old – The AGING SUIT
http://empoweringthematuremind.com/experiencing-65-40-year-old-aging-suit/
Last week I went into Seattle to theAbodian showroom. I was invited, as an“Aging in Place Specialist” to
come in and try on their rented “AGE Exploration Suit” as part of a presentation on learning more about
Aging in Place and Universal Design features of their industry’s leading-edge technology, in cabinetry
and storage solutions that have internal motorized openers and closers, along with high tech appliances
like refrigerators, dishwashers, stoves and hoods. What a wonderful experience.
Now I’d seen much of the technology they had related to
drawer openers and closers. But what I hadn’t ever
experienced was the SUIT. BLUM has created a suit that you
can wear which they claim is designed to create the
sensations of you being about 20-25 years older. This
includes being 25 pounds heavier, you can’t bend your joints
as well without pain, and can’t lift your arms and shoulders
above your head as well.
Beyond that, they also outfit you with gloves that take away the tactile
sensation in your hands and fingers (wow, what a pain THAT is to not be able
to feel with your fingertips!), headphones to create a detriment in your
hearing ability, a helmet that has a lense which yellows (like the aging eyes)
your environment and damages your ability to ascertain the differences
between colors, as well as bi-focal glasses that blur your eyesight at two
different levels. Talk about a NEW REALITY EXPERIENCE… Wow.
Before they put on the suit, they have you operate some of the drawers and
cabinetry, and get a few things up and down, in and out of the base and
upper cabinets, so you have a reference point of “able” at your own age,
before putting on the suit. Then you gear up! After about 10 minutes of
talking to you while you are in the suit (getting hot and tired from holding
the extra weight that’s been inserted into sleeves in the suit), they begin
your “testing regimen”. You are tasked with the following to do list, and you
are watched and timed while you do the following daily ritual type activities:
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Getting “Geared Up” for
the AGING Experience
1) Open a wallet and get 81 cents correct
change out of the coin purse pocket in the
wallet.
2) Pick out a BLUE paper clip in a box with
about 250 paperclips of assorted colors.
3) Get a ream of paper off the back of a
bottom shelf in a base cabinet and put it on
the counter.
4) Get a stack of breakable plates down from
an upper shelf and put them on the
countertop.
5) And a few other similar type daily tasks…
So, how do you think it went? How do you think I FELT? The first
word that comes to mind is “Appreciation”, followed by
“Empathy”. This “age addition” puts me right where my folks are,
with me being 40 years old and they being 63-64. WOW, what a
reality check this was. Not only as an architect and professional
designer with a passion (and already plenty of education) about
Baby Boomers and housing solutions that consider our new 1/3 of
life longevity we have created in the last 150 years (with medical
and technology advances). But also as a SON, as an ADULT
CHILD. As someone that WILL soon be tasked with helping create
care solutions for my own folks as they enter their latter 1/3 of life.
Trying to get correct
change out of a wallet
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Is what YOU are designing considering any of this? Are YOUR products
and services aware of where we are going? Did you know that 2/3 of
people that have EVER turned 65 years old are ALIVE TODAY!? Did you
know that between 1950 and 2040 the 85+ age group will have grown
from 0.5% to 5% of the population, a TENFOLD increase!? Did you know
there are forecasters who are saying the it’s quite likely my own children
(6 and 9 years old) could live to 100… 120… maybe even 150 years old
when it comes to THEIR children?
Does your business, service, or products design solutions FOR this
information? If NOT, how does that make YOU FEEL? Time to
consider it, and get ahead of the needs of the Boomer
Consumer. 10,000 people are turning 65 years old EVERY DAY for the
last 3 years and the next 17 years. For me, I’m designing HOUSING
solutions (and teaching / speaking / writing books) that show others
how to do so as well, with this “plate tectonics” level massive shift in
Trying to get a ream of
the demographics of our clients and consumers. You’d better start
paper off the bottom shelf
paddling in your R&D boat, or you are going to get swallowed by the
“Silver Tsunami” as it’s being called… Or be up a creek, without a
paddle. Your choice.
I can only INFORM and INVITE people to consider the information, education, and learning we
provide. I can’t force anyone to PLAN AHEAD, or NOT PROCRASTINATE. We all know that working in
planning mode and being pro-active is much cheaper and emotionally more sane that waiting for an
accident that forces us into panic mode, back-peddling, emotionally overwhelming decisions that
usually aren’t the best or most cost effective. But I can’t MAKE you want to keep your independence,
your happiness, your home, your pets, your memories, your garden, and your neighbors. YOU have do
decide it’s important enough. We hope you do!
Do you have thoughts or comments on this BLOG? Post your ideas at the online site:
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Featured “Aging In Place” Project
“Aging-in-Place” Remodel -
Remodeling an in-town developer/builder SPEC HOUSE that didn’t
consider a paraplegic who is looking for more independence in her ability
to bathe on her own, in her own master bathroom!
View to water
D.I.Y. modified vanity cabinet
DESIGN GOALS:
Aging-in-Place and Universal Design features to meet her needs:
Existing walk-in-closet
closet area
1) ROLL IN SHOWER: Current 36” deep shower with curb (where door has already
been removed for makeshift access), to be removed and replaced in the corner
under the windows, with built-in or flip down bench seating (including a back for
her support), vertical bar adjustable shower head and accessible bathing
apuratures, accessible operation handles, and zero-threshold entry to/from the
shower area at the flooring level of the exterior bathroom flooring.
2) CHANGING BENCH: Removing an un-used soaking tub (there is another
tub/shower in the home for “resale” consideration) and put in more storage with
pull down access from upper cabinets over a teak built-in bench for side transfer
from her chair to allow for maneuvering widths related to dressing after showering
3) WALK-IN CLOSET ACCESS: New shelf and rod configuration to allow “pull
down” access to her clothing in the walk in closet, so she can independently choose
and reach her own clothing for dressing in the morning.
4) NEW VANITY COUNTERTOP & ACCESS: New lower maintenance countertop
(for reach constraints, no grout/tile), improve existing makeshift under-cabinet cut
out access area to include roll away base cabinet doors and scald protection at
under counter piping, and upgrade levered fixtures at lavatory sinks.
Existing Shower & Soaking Tub
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Featured “Aging In Place” Project
“Aging-in-Place” Remodel – additional photos…
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OUR MISSION at Empowering The Mature Mind:
“Dramatically improving our clients’ ability to live a longer and happier life at home.”
EtMM does this through our positive online community, where we provide our subscribers
with valuable information, education, and resources – at EtMM, we are EMPOWERING you to
meet your WANTS, NEEDS, and RIGHTS.
Empowering The Mature Mind was
created to provide timely & pertinent
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references, resources, and product
offerings for the Mature Adult
Populations & their families. Our goal
for YOU? EMPOWERING and
ENABLING the Mature Adults of our
population to control their own lives, and
have the ability to meet their WANTS,
NEEDS, and RIGHTS in every part of
their wonderful “Second Half ” of life.
I am a licensed Architect with 18+ years in the
architecture and real estate investing industries. I
am an entrepreneur, and a loving dad to two
beautiful children. I am passionate about things I
believe in, and I enjoy sharing these passions with
my clients, the public, and those I care about and
love, so you can share with yours as well…
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Aaron Murphy is a Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist,
trained in the unique needs of the older adult population,
Aging-in-Place home modifications, common remodeling
projects, and solutions to common barriers in our homes
and communities in which we would prefer to stay and
live. CAPS professionals have been taught the strategies
and techniques for designing and building aesthetically
enriching, barrier-free living environments. The CAPS
program goes beyond design to address the codes and
standards, common remodeling expenditures and
projects, product ideas, and resources needed to provide
comprehensive and practical aging-in-place solutions.
CAPS graduates pledge to uphold a code of ethics and are
required to maintain their designation by attending
continuing education programs and participating in
community service.
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