{"podcast":{"title":"Home Design Chat with Nancy","slug":"home-design-chat-with-nancy-810455","podcast_index_feed_id":810455,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1512f240/podcast/rss","website_url":"http://designerscirclehq.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/3435632/3435632-1739655713772-598d17f672ff3.jpg","author":"Nancy Hugo","episode_count":406,"summary":"Home Design Chat with Nancy Hugo, certified kitchen designer, covers all aspects of every room in the home. Kitchens, baths and whole-house remodeling, appliances, plumbing fixtures, flooring & countertop materials, and lighting are some of our topics. In addition, we cover aging-in-place, security systems, smart homes, backyard kitchens, window coverings, water treatment units & even wine pairing. Some of the favored topics are trends in kitchens, baths & interior designs, colors of the year & what we think of HGTV's suggestions for your home. View NancyHugo.com for design ideas.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/home-design-chat-with-nancy-810455"},"episode":{"title":"Why Aging Parents are Choosing Family Over Care Centers","slug":"why-aging-parents-are-choosing-family-over-care-centers","published_at":"2026-05-20T18:07:49+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/home-design-chat-with-nancy-810455/why-aging-parents-are-choosing-family-over-care-centers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/home-design-chat-with-nancy-810455","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/home-design-chat-w-nancy/episodes/Why-Aging-Parents-are-Choosing-Family-Over-Care-Centers-e3jleas","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1512f240/podcast/play/120289052/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-20%2F90630d89-125c-360d-a638-4d8828669d9e.mp3","summary":"Welcome back to Home Design chat with Nancy where we tell you the truth about what happening in the design world. If you have been enjoying my podcasts please subscribe on the platform you use to listen to my podcasts. Today is May 20th. For years I have been publishing this podcast on Mondays but I have been having Technical problems. No fun especially since I’m a designer not a computer techy. I’m crossing my fingers . I hope the problem is solved. This podcast is about something more families are facing than ever before — aging in place and how homeowners are adapting their homes for elderly parents, relatives, and even planning ahead for themselves. Time moves fast and we will all be in situations that we don’t really think about until we’re there. We are seeing people aging and we can remember just yesterday how we were all younger. Families are turning spare bedrooms, first-floor guest suites, converted garages, and mother-in-law suites into comfortable living spaces for aging loved ones. The goal is simple: keep family close while allowing older adults to maintain as much independence, dignity, and safety as possible.  75% to 90% of older adults want to stay in their current homes as they age. They actively want to avoid assisted living. But 90% of U.S. homes are not physically ready to accommodate independent aging. Listen to this podcast to get ideas and suggestions about making your loved ones feel independent and part of the family. If you’re planning on a renovation , I would definitely be happy to work with you. You can email me anytime at Nancy@NancyHugo.com —I’d love to hear from you. If you want to learn more about me, go to NancyHugo.com And finally, visit DesignersCircleHQ.com , a website I started 18 years ago. It covers everything related to design…","meta_description":"Welcome back to Home Design chat with Nancy where we tell you the truth about what happening in the design world. If you have been enjoying my podcasts pl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1512,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/home-design-chat-with-nancy-810455/episodes/why-aging-parents-are-choosing-family-over-care-centers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/home-design-chat-with-nancy-810455/why-aging-parents-are-choosing-family-over-care-centers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}