The Independent Home
by Opie
Practical, dignified help for staying in the home you love as you get older. Your host sits down with Opie, our (openly AI) retired-builder guide, to walk through the real, often small changes that make a house work for you for decades: the threshold, the bathroom, the hallway, the stairs. No fear, no hard sell — just what to fix and how.Opie is an AI character; the guidance draws on real senior-living design expertise. Not medical advice.Start with the free 3-minute home audit: independenthomeplan.com
Episodes
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I Don't Need This (Yes You Might) — The Independent Home Podcast, Ep. 5
"My house is new." "Grab bars mean I'm old." "I'm all on one floor, so I'm fine." "I'll deal with it when it becomes a problem." These are the four things people tell themselves before they ever look into setting up a home for the long haul — and Carol brings every one of them to Opie to get…
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How Do I Even Bring This Up? — The Independent Home Podcast, Ep. 4
A different kind of episode. This one isn't for the folks living in the house — it's for the ones who love someone who does. If you've been putting off a conversation with a parent because you don't know how to say it without sounding like you think they can't manage, this one's for you. Opie and...
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The House Changes Its Mind Every Season
It's sweater weather — and the house has its own seasonal switch nobody puts in a candle. This episode: your house isn't a one-time checklist, it's a roommate that changes its mind every three months. Opie walks the calendar with Carol — the fall entry mat for wet leaves and snow-melt, the...
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Episode 02 — The Room That Decides Everything
Opie promised last episode he'd finish the job on the #1 risk room in the house — this time we don't leave the bathroom. The floor, the grab bars (placed and anchored properly), the toilet height, the hand-held shower wand, the lighting, and the one square foot where all the traps stack up....
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Come Walk Through Your House With Me
Opie — our openly-AI retired-builder guide — walks through a normal home and shows the small, cheap fixes that keep you living in it: the front-door threshold, the #1 bathroom risk, the 2 a.m. hallway, and the stairs. Dignity, never fear. Free 3-minute home audit: independenthomeplan.com…
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About this show
Practical, dignified help for staying in the home you love as you get older. Your host sits down with Opie, our (openly AI) retired-builder guide, to walk through the real, often small changes that make a house work for you for decades: the threshold, the bathroom, the hallway, the stairs. No fear, no hard sell — just what to fix and how.Opie is an AI character; the guidance draws on real senior-living design expertise. Not medical advice.Start with the free 3-minute home audit: independenthomeplan.com
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