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Livable Homes



The most successful livable communities offer homes that enable residents to stay put even when their physical needs change. Suppose, for example, that you develop a problem in one knee. Whether you’re 20 or 80, that knee can render your home’s stairs insurmountable and shrink your world to a few rooms, prevent you from taking care of the yard and performing other routine maintenance – or you may be forced to move.

Making homes more livable – and less likely to be obstacle courses or accidents waiting to happen – means incorporating features which help people of all ages and abilities and which anticipate inevitable changes. After all, aren’t wider doorways just as useful to young people carrying loads of groceries as they are to people in wheelchairs?  And don’t pull-out shelves in the lower kitchen cabinets make hard-to-reach items more accessible for young and old alike?  

Even more exciting are features that maximize independence and optimal health.  They're explained in the section “Technology For Aging In Place."

Undoubtedly, livable homes benefit people of all ages and abilities, but they especially offer the Baby Boomers a viable alternative to traditional retirement communities. 

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