Adapting the Livable Environment to Accommodate Changing Lifestyles

Wanda Gozdz, Allied ASID, CAPS, CLIPP, CHAMP – President & Owner – Golden Age Living, LLC

Wanda E. Gozdz, B.S., A.S., Allied, ASID, NKBA, CAPS, CLIPP, founder and president of Golden Age Living, LLC, Deerfield Beach, Florida, is an educator, consultant and coach to business professionals who are seeking to grow their businesses or expand their market reach in Aging in Place. She recently received the 2020 Affiliate of the Year Award from Decorators and Designers Association of Canada, DDA and was named the 2019 CAPS Designee of the Year to her long list of credentials, including being named the CAPS Educator of the Year in 2014. As a master instructor, she teaches Universal Design and Certified Aging in Place designation (CAPS) courses in addition to providing seminars for builders, remodelers, occupational therapists, interior designers, durable medical equipment specialists and other professionals who serve the “Aging in Place” market both nationally and internationally.  She is also a residential interior designer, author, an accomplished educator and speaker as well as an award-winning advocate for seniors.  Her goal is twofold: to inform consumers as they age on how to adapt their homes to their changing lifestyles and to educate professionals who serve the senior market on how to help clients and their families to “age in place.”  Her area of expertise is providing assessments of living environments.

Ms. Gozdz began her career as a teacher.  She then worked as a purchasing agent for seven years where she learned business management.  That work provided the foundation for W. Gozdz Enterprises, Inc., a company offering management consulting services to libraries and service professionals for 40 years. Gozdz joined the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) while continuing to market to Big Six accounting firms, law firms and law libraries.  She served on NAWBO’s National Public Policy Council, which helped pass legislation to support women business owners.  In 1995 she was awarded the Public Policy Advocate of the Year award from NAWBO and was also named Small Business Woman of the Year.  In 2007, Ms. Gozdz founded Golden Age Living, a consulting and residential interior design company.  Its mission is to empower older adults to live independent quality lives in their homes and work environments, emphasizing “Wellness” and sustainable design.