According to the American Diabetes Association, once you become prediabetic, the odds are that you will develop diabetes within 10 years. Why is that important to aging in place? Because diabetes and heart disease both affect your blood vessels and increase your risk for dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. According to…
In 2012, at age 60, I was told I was prediabetic. I had suffered a failed knee surgery, which lead to 2 years of rehab and modest activity. The reduced activity was harming me further, because the odds are that my prediabetes will turn to diabetes within 10 years. Despite…
I purchased 6 vintage Knoll Saarinen tulip chairs at an estate sale. I did not want the metal base of the tulip chairs to scratch my hardwood floors. Four of the chair bases originally had embedded plastic rims which had mostly broken off, and Knoll no longer makes this plastic…
