Glow in the Dark Objects Prevent Falls

Photo luminescent products are being created as the demand for those products rise due to safety issues. Photo luminescent materials provide a low-level glow that can be used to mark paths and the technology for these products have improved a great deal that they can last for many hours. Using florescent lights are more prone at accidents because people loose their dark adaptation once they turn off the light. Thus, it is harder to see and safely negotiate their path. However, photo luminescent lights are much safer because it is able to retain the person’s ability to see important detail in dark areas.

In a hospital in Melbourne , Australia after 15 photo luminescent seats were installed, there was a significant drop in elderly falls because many senior adults have to relieve themselves at night and they would have trouble finding their way back to their beds.
Furthermore, in New York , building codes will be requiring photo luminescent signs in the exit stairways of tall buildings.

Source: No Flash in the Pan http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/09/07/1125772583320.html ( Sept. 8, 2005 )

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Maravilla Wins 2005 Design Award

Contemporary Long Term Care dubbed Maravilla facility, a resort-style senior living home owned by Senior Resource Group LLC, a 2005 Design Awards winner. This senior living home located in Santa Barbara, Calif. includes both independent and assisted living.

Interspec, the interior design group built the rooms to include wood windows, thick stucco walls, and fireplaces. The stairways and fountains were produced local tiles while the main entry gate and outdoor fireplace were made with native sandstone. Furthermore, Brian Cearnal, a Santa Barbara architect, designed the cottages and “casita apartments.”

The facility had to work with the strict restrictions and environmental codes of Santa Barbara as well as keeping with the “ Santa Barbara style” of Spanish colonial motif. For example, the resort plants had to fit the water requirements.

The goal of Maravilla was to build a landmark housing community to meet the consumer’s needs and expectations, therefore Maravilla had to address the community’s lifestyle.

Maravilla is the first senior facility to be built in Santa Barbara since the 1970’s.

Source: “2005 Design Awards Independent Living in Style” (Contemporary Long Term Care; July/August 2005)

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Rosiers Sue “Renovate My Family”

The popular Fox reality TV show, “Renovate My Family” is being charged in a lawsuit by a Lemont Township couple for misleading them and for an inadequate remodeling job.

The suit was filed in Cook County Circuit Court by Gary and Sharon Rosier against Fox Broadcasting Company, Rocket Science Laboratories, contractor David Dressler, Inc., and DuPage County.

The Rosier’s have three children one of whom is in a wheelchair. And in 2004 when a Rocket Science representative approached the family and offered to spend $1 million to improve the house to assist the handicapped child.

According to the lawsuit, a contract of participation was signed without indicating what would be done to the home. After the contract was signed, the Rosiers learned that they had no choice in the matter that their house would be torn down.

After the home was remodeled in July of 2004, the new home had fewer walls, closets, different floors and the pool, deck, barn, rabbit cage and trampoline were all removed. Some of the malfunctions in the home included mold defects, inadequate furnace, non-functioning smoke alarms and improper installation of electrical wiring, railings and handicapped assistance systems.

When the Rosiers notified Fox Broadcasting, Rocket Science, Dressler about the satiation with the house they all said they were not responsible.

The lawsuit is asking for about $118,000 in damage from Fox, Rocket Science and DuPage County. The suit claims Fox and Rocket Science for violating the Illinois Deceptive Business Practices Act and DuPage Country for an inadequate inspection of the renovated house.

Source: Lemont Family Featured In Reality Show Files Lawsuit http://www.nbc5.com/news/4750281/detail.html ( July 20, 2005)

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