Builders News Oct. 2018
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<strong>Oct</strong>ober <strong>2018</strong> | ICAHBA <strong>Builders</strong> <strong>News</strong> 7<br />
Aging in Place Forums: Technology and Community<br />
Resources for Downsizing, Staying at Home<br />
Jennie Wunderlich with Studio<br />
H2O Kitchen & Bath Showroom<br />
shares how bathroom<br />
technology can make staying<br />
home longer easier.<br />
Ruhl and Ruhl Realtors’ Lorraine Bowans provides ideas on how those getting older can pass<br />
along their things.<br />
The Johnson County Council on Aging, in partnership with The Greater Iowa City Area<br />
HBA, recently held three more Johnson County Aging in Place forums for area residents.<br />
Two of them featured some of our members as presenters. The forums stem from the<br />
Johnson County Livable Communities Action Team, of which we are a member.<br />
On July 11 at the Coralville Public Library, Jennie Wunderlich and Maggie Gehrls with<br />
Studio H2O Kitchen & Bath Showroom discussed how technology in shower assistive<br />
devices and fixtures has changed the aging in place process. Attendees also learned about<br />
mobility devices and resources; smart homes; and medication management. The Iowa City<br />
Area Association of Realtors (ICAAR) Education Center in Coralville was host to the other<br />
forums. Lorraine Bowans of Ruhl and Ruhl Realtors on Aug. 8 talked about dealing with<br />
accumulated “stuff” when downsizing – including where in the area to get assistance, while<br />
the Sept. 12 gathering addressed community resources to help residents stay at home longer.<br />
The next forum, titled Your New Home: Levels of Care in the Community, is <strong>Oct</strong>. 10 at the<br />
ICAAR Education Center (847 Quarry Road, Suite 10).<br />
Special Spikes are VIPs at the<br />
2019 IBS Closing Spike Concert<br />
Special Spikes have a VIP area at the 2019 International <strong>Builders</strong> Show (IBS) concert. Spikes<br />
who recruit five new members and qualify will be invited to RSVP for the event. The<br />
sooner you recruit five people, the sooner your chance to sign-up. The VIP area is limited to<br />
the first 150 qualifying recruiters, and their guest, who RSVP – so get recruiting.<br />
Access to this special VIP area will be on a first-come, first-served basis. The area will be in<br />
front of the VIP platform and includes an open bar, hors d’oeuvres and an additional guest<br />
entry (Spike plus 1 guest). Spikes need to reach the following requirements before they will<br />
be invited to RSVP:<br />
• Must recruit five new builder or associate members in <strong>2018</strong><br />
• Must be registered for IBS. RSVP’s without accompanying IBS registration by Jan. 15 will<br />
forfeit their spot and it will go to the next person.<br />
Invites to RSVP will be sent out monthly. Official rules coming soon.<br />
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Jeff Kellbach (right), aging<br />
specialist with Johnson<br />
County Health and Human<br />
Services, welcomes residents<br />
to an aging in place forum.<br />
Kellbach is a new member of<br />
the Johnson County Livable<br />
Communities Action Team,<br />
which includes the HBA.
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