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Home Elevators Rising in Popularity: Luxury Feature, or Necessary Amenity?
Bob Vila via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFebruary Data Study Home Elevators Elevators are a feature of multilevel buildings, and it’s easy to...
Does Medicare cover stair lifts? What older adults need to know to age in place
Fortune via AOL· 8 months agoMost older adults, about 3 in 4, want to age in place. But many are also aware that their current...
Lawsuit alleges Alden nursing homes provided inadequate staff and care, leading to injuries and...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA lawsuit filed Tuesday by residents against the operators of Alden nursing homes claims that an intentional lack of staffing has led to numerous injuries and illness. “Residents have fallen ...
Milwaukee bar owner has been stuck in his home for 11 days due to broken wheelchair lift
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJewel Currie, 69, has been largely trapped in his home for the past 11 days because of a shortage in...
Why an Illinois nursing home operator is being sued for alleged understaffing
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn Illinois company chose profits over people by understaffing its nursing homes, leading to poor care that endangered residents, an Illinois class-action lawsuit alleges. On Tuesday, 11 unnamed ...
NeighborWorks celebrates funding to help older homeowners age in place
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 20—SCRANTON — Mary Ann Bauman and her husband, Paul, moved into their two-story Archbald Street home in the summer of 1963. A stair lift, shower grab bars, a back porch ramp and other safety ...
A looming crisis: the crushing cost of elder care and the crippling effects of low wages
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMaria Diaz, right, prepares medication for Luis Aguayo, 86, at his home in South Los Angeles. Diaz...
Guest column: Worcester needs more accessible, affordable housing
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 1 month agoLike many communities across the country, Worcester is facing a major shortage of safe,...
Time to have 'the talk': How seniors can avoid financial ruin by planning long-term health care now
USA TODAY via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoHave you had “the talk” with the older adults in your life? No, not the one about the birds and the...
Update | Chronic elevator troubles force stranded disabled Richland seniors to crawl stairs
Tri-City Herald via Yahoo News· 4 months agoElderly Richland residents are stranded in their apartments and even climbing stairs on their hands and knees after a sprinkler system failed, flooding the lone elevator serving the building ...