Author Archives: Lifelong Housing

Remodeling a Home to Be a Lifelong Home. The dollars and sense of making a house or apartment work better for residents of all ages. by Stacey Freed, AARP Livable Communities AARP research consistently finds that the vast majority of ...

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Gliding into retirement with universal design: No steps, slips or anything out of reach (video and photos) Over the river, and through the wood, to grandmother’s house you might go. But don’t expect grandma or grandpa to be sitting around ...

Universal Design: Universal design is the design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design. In the home examples would include levered handles on doors ...

CENTRAL POINT — With their children grown and no need for the backyard swimming pool, Erika Peyralans and her husband, Bernard, decided it was time to downsize. The Peyralans searched the Rogue Valley, looking for a place not only for now, but for retirement and the ...