If your stairs have one handrail and you are over 65, you are using a half-functional system designed for a younger person. A second handrail on the opposite wall is the single highest-impact safety upgrade in most multi-story homes. It…
Grab bars are the cheapest, highest-impact safety upgrade you can put in a home, and most people install them in the wrong places. The right placement follows ADA standards developed from decades of injury data, but the standards are not…
Most homes in America were built for a 35-year-old, not a 75-year-old. Stairs to the front door, narrow doorways, tubs you step over, light switches at wall ends, kitchen cabinets that need a ladder — the house that worked for…
