About LampLight
Lamplight was created from lived experience, not theory. As a family caregiver, Emma Jane has spent years supporting her grandmother- holding the logistics, the emotions, the systems, and the physical space all at once. In that process, she saw how often care breaks down when it’s fragmented, and how frequently well-intentioned recommendations fail to fit real life.
She also saw how accessibility is too often treated as a checklist or an afterthought. She often saw changes that technically solve a problem but leave homes feeling stripped of personality, warmth, and dignity. That approach never made sense to her. Care works best when it respects how people actually live, what they can tolerate, and what they’re grieving as things change.
Lamplight exists to sit in the space between caregiving and design, safety and identity, theory and lived reality. The work blends accessibility, aesthetics, and holistic care to create solutions that are practical, emotionally intelligent, and sustainable over time.
A Bit About Me
Emma Jane
Aging-in-Place & Accessibility Specialist
Emma Jane Caldwell is an Aging-in-Place and Accessibility Specialist based in Chicago. Her work focuses on creating homes that support independence, safety, and comfort—while still feeling beautiful, personal, and lived-in.
She holds a degree in Human Services from Loyola University Chicago, with a concentration in Gerontology and Aging and a minor in Psychology. Emma Jane is a Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS), Certified Living-in-Place Professional (CLIPP), End-of-Life Doula, and is certified in Alzheimer’s and dementia care through the Alzheimer’s Association. She is currently completing her Certified Caregiving Consultant training.
Emma Jane is a family caregiver. She supports her grandmother, who is living with Alzheimer’s disease, and has been closely involved in coordinating care, navigating medical and legal systems, and adapting the home environment as needs have changed. This lived experience shapes every part of her work. She believes care and wellbeing must be approached holistically and grounded in the realities people are actually facing- solutions that look good on paper often fall apart in real life.
With a long-standing love of art and design, she approaches accessibility as both a functional and emotional practice. The best care emerges when thoughtful design and a systems-level understanding work together.
Through Lamplight Accessibility, she works with older adults, people with disabilities, neurodivergent individuals, and caregivers—helping them create environments that support autonomy, safety, and quality of life across the lifespan