Lisa M. Cini Blog

Lisa was featured in an article by Amanda Hermans at Residential Products Online. Check out more at their site here or find the article below. As research shows that more homeowners plan to stay in their homes into the aging process, manufacturers are stepping up to provide good-looking, accessible products that will help these individuals age in place. Aging in place and universal design concepts are in high demand in homes, even if homeowners and buyers don’t know the terms. In its 2017 Aging in Place report, HomeAdvisor found that 46 percent of respondents had renovated parts of their homes in anticipation of getting older, though less than half of respondents over 55 were familiar with the term “aging in place.” Industry experts are feeling this shift, too. Mary Jo Peterson, CKD, CBD, has been creating universally designed kitchen and baths for more than 25 years at her eponymous firm in Brookfield, Conn., and has been heartened to see the concept catching on. …

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It gives me great pleasure to congratulate you and Mosaic Design Studio on achieving Accredited Engaged Organization status for the progress made in 2017. It is an incredible accomplishment to win this award once again!   Being a recipient of this prestigious award demonstrates that you are among a very small group of businesses that recognizes the importance of engagement to grow and transform. This award can only be won by companies that have a robust and regular system for confidentially and anonymously securing team feedback, and also requires engagement levels to be measured. Companies who receive this award must achieve 'Engaged' status, as voted by your team members, for a minimum of 6 months in a year.   This achievement is something to celebrate!  Attached is a short guide on how to best communicate your new award to both your internal and external stakeholders. Your company landing page now reflects your new status, as well as your previous achievements. …

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Lisa will be speaking at the upcoming EFA Expo and Conference in Savannah, Georgia on April 24th! Designing the Perfect Senior Living Environment While Living in It This session tells the story of the presenter’s three-year social experiment of having four generations of family living under one roof. Hear about real-world best practices for how to deal with space, privacy, safety, and technology that have universal applications to the senior living industry. The presenter will share the experiment’s successes and failures, what technologies really work, and how design challenges were solved. The experiment was so successful that it culminated into a best-selling book: “Hive: The Simple Guide to Multigenerational Living,” to help seniors and their loved ones maneuver through the challenging times of aging in place, wherever they may live. Session Date: 4/24/2018   10:45 AM -11:45 AM Duration: 1 hour Tracks: Trends and Transformation Room Number: 102 & 103 More …

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