Lottus Designs
A Division of Seating Solutions
Lottus Designs helps seniors Age-in-Place as they grow older by designing their home for fall prevention, and living safely and independently. Conducting a home safety check can help prevent problems that could lead to injury or loss of independence. Technologies available today also assist in keeping seniors safe. We offer a comprehensive in-home assessment by a Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist who assists with identifying individual needs in and outside the home.
Individuals with complex physical disabilities need remain in their homes safely and independently. We offer home modifications assessments to meet the needs of those who are wheelchair dependent and need a home that is functional, safe, and aesthetically pleasing. Assistive technologies are available and can be designed to meet individual needs.
Our mission is to assist those in maintaining personal meaning within their environment and “live life to the fullest.” A home is not just a physical environment , but includes an important relationship between an individual and their social, cultural, and spiritual surroundings.
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Having a Safe Home
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Home Accessibility Services:
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Assistive Technology Services:
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How Are We Different
Lottus Designs services compliment our wheelchair and durable medical equipment evaluations. Too often, we have seen problems when an individual’s equipment is not conducive to their newly modified home. Our certified therapists are able to ensure any modifications in the home compliment the individual’s equipment. Together, these services prevent costly re-modeling and errors in prescribing durable medical equipment and mobility devices.
As Certified Aging-in-Place Specialists (CAPS), our occupational therapists work as a team with building contractors and remodelers to complete the modifications needed to provide a barrier-free, safe, and aesthetically pleasing environment. Home modification recommendations are based upon both Universal Design and Inclusive Design. These guidelines help us create a holistic approach to provide the best possible solution to keeping them independent and safe.
Structural and non-structural changes in your home may include:
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Keeping Healthy and Staying Connected through Technologies
Individuals with significant physical limitations, and visual and cognitive impairments can benefit from the assistive technologies available today to live independently and stay connected to the outside world. Those who are home-bound can still live active and social lives through use of computer access and environmental control technologies.
Seniors can benefit from a multitude of low-tech electronic aids and aging-in-place technology solutions to stay connected with friends, family, caregivers, and medical professionals. These technologies can also improve overall health and well-being.
Technologies may include, but not limited to
- Alarm Systems
- Medication Alerts and Dispensers
- Remote and Sensor Monitoring
Controlling Your Computer and Your Environment… No boundaries here
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What is a Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist?
A Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS) is an individual who has been trained in the unique needs of the older adult population, aging-in-place home modifications, common remodeling projects and solutions to common barriers.
Universal design is a broad-spectrum approach that helps everyone, not just people with disabilities. It also recognizes the importance of how things look. Not all individuals with disabilities will fit into the ADA Guidelines, and therefore, Universal Design provides a means of “functional design” solutions.
According to RL Mace Universal Design Institute, “Universal Design is the design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design.”
The British Standards Institute (2005) defines inclusive design as “The design of mainstream products and/or services that are accessible to, and usable by, as many people as reasonably possible … without the need for special adaptation or specialized design.”
The term “Universal Design” has evolved from “Barrier Free Design”, “Accessible Design”, “Transgenerational Design”, and “Adaptable Design”. It is now considered to be synonymous with “Design for All” and “Inclusive Design.”
