How to Safety-Proof Your Bathroom: Safety Bars
How to Safety-Proof Your Bathroom: Safety Bars While the hidden dangers associated with your tub and shower are great, preventing tub-related accidents is mostly easy to do and can be done in an afternoon. This is the first in a series of posts about how you can safety-proof your bathroom. But you don’t have to […]
Five Things to Consider When Tile Shopping
Five Things to Consider When Tile Shopping Thinking about re-tiling or just tiling your bathroom? You have to think about the style of your home, how you want your bathroom to look, and whether or not the tiles you pick are going to be functional or simply decorative. Nothing wrong with tiling for the sake […]
Three Questions to Consider When Decorating Your Bathroom
Three Questions to Consider When Decorating Your Bathroom No matter the size of your bathroom, you can customize it, whether by adding fixtures and tiling (see related blog posts about the best tile to use) or by working with a contractor or other industry expert to make sure you are getting the most and best […]
The Health Benefits of an In-Home Spa
The Health Benefits of an In-Home Spa Studies show, and experts agree, that using water as a means to heal (called hydrotherapy) can help you get and stay healthy and address some chronic (ongoing) conditions. Hydrotherapy can include a soak in a hot tub, cold water treatment, use of an ice pack or packs, a […]
Possible Tax Deductions for Pools, Spas, and Other Home Improvements
Possible Tax Deductions for Pools, Spas, and Other Home Improvements Some major home improvements, which may classify as medical expenses or for a medical use, may be tax deductible. Such improvements include pools, spas, elevators, lifts, ramps, and other devices that can assist people living with a medical condition. Helpful Home Improvements According to the […]
Hydrotherapy Benefits for People with Diabetes
Hydrotherapy Benefits for People with Diabetes More than 16 million people have either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is where the body does not produce enough insulin, so you have to inject yourself with insulin. Type 2 diabetes is when you may be able to control your blood glucose levels by […]
How a Walk-In Tub Could Help You Sleep Better
How a Walk-In Tub Could Help You Sleep Better A soothing soak in an at-home spa or walk-in tub may ease muscle and joint pain (and it will), but that same soak has the added benefit of helping you get a good night’s sleep. More than 132 million people suffer from some type of sleeping […]
How to Avoid Slip-Related Injuries
How to Avoid Slip-Related Injuries Slip-and-fall accidents account for more than 25,000 injuries every day according to the U.S. National Safety Council. Second to automobile-related deaths, slip-and-fall accidents cost more than $100 billion dollars to treat, and are the leading cause of death in the workplace and the cause of more than 20 percent of […]
How to Create a Safe Bathroom
How to Create a Safe Bathroom The bathroom is one of the places in the home where the most accidents happen. In fact, the bathroom is where the most people slip and fall, which can lead to serious injuries and conditions. But the bathroom is a place where other hidden dangers lurk, things that typically […]
How to Help Your Loved One Maintain an Independent Lifestyle
How to Help Your Loved One Maintain an Independent Lifestyle Many of us will end up caring for an elderly parent, and many of these aging adults don’t want to leave their home and move in with their child or an assisted living facility until there is no other option. To help your aging parent live […]
