Archive - July 2018

By Louis Tenenbaum This article originally appeared on www.homesrenewed.org. I‘ve been promoting Aging in Place for years, mostly because it just makes sense.  Sometimes people say my work has been ahead of the curve. I never thought it would take so long to see shifts, pushing me to study the barriers to change.  A recent conversation helped me recognize three biases that are strong barriers to seeing home as the natural and expected place for aging and care. 1. Bias...

VGM Live at Home Building Opportunities Executive Summit When: Sept. 19 – one-day event  Where: Philadelphia Marriot West Featuring a Networking Dinner on Sept. 18 Mark your calendar for this summit, our last event of 2018. Scheduled sessions to include: Round Table Speed Dating with approximately 15 vendors (many new). This is a quick sit down with several manufacturers and service...

Certified Aging In Place Specialist (“CAPS”)  Facilitated by NAHB Licensed Master Instructor Steve Hoffacker, CAPS, CEAC, SHSS “NAHB’s CAPS Educator of the Year, 2015” ──── CAPS I – “Marketing & Communicating with the Aging In Place Client” CAPS II – “Design Concepts for Livable Homes & Aging In Place” CAPS III – “Details & Solutions for Livable Homes & Aging In Place”  ALL...

By Collin Brecher, VGM Government Relations Efforts on Capitol Hill are ramping up as legislation has been introduced in Congress to incentivize seniors to update their existing homes with home safety products and renovations. VGM Live at Home is teaming up with HomesRenewed™, an organization dedicated to further developing the home modification market, to advocate for this legislation on behalf of the Live at Home membership. H.R. 1780, the Senior Accessible Housing Act, has been introduced...

By Jim Greatorex We had another excellent Heartland Conference with a best-ever turnout for VGM Live at Home members. Word is that home mods were the talk of the show!  What stood out to me the most was the collaborative spirit among our members all week long. We have an industry that, in our estimation, has reached 15-20 percent of its potential. We all need to get better together as the industry evolves. And that was exactly the atmosphere—with members and manufacturers working...

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By Jim Greatorex On June 19 at the Heartland Conference, VGM Live at Home and HomesRenewed™ announced that they are going to work together to forward the HomesRenewed mission. Louis Tenenbaum, president of HomesRenewed, has led the effort to get HR 1780, The Senior Accessible Housing Act, introduced into Congress. As a 25-year advocate for the home modification industry, Louis has a vision for addressing the lack of safe housing for those who wish to age in place. The U.S. will...