Retrofitting the Home for Retirement

By Rey Vetangelo


Many older couples around the nation are choosing to remodel the homes in the hope that with a few home remodels they will be able to stay living in their home longer. And with the ever rising costs of assisted living centers and retirement homes, the cost to remodel their homes is becoming a cost-effective solution to care for themselves during their elderly years.

But Father Time catches up to everyone, taking with him some of the spryness enjoyed in youth. So in order to make living at home a possibility for those couples or individuals who are aging, a few accommodations to the home will need to be considered and implemented.

To a hearing person, it would seem obvious that if you can get a device surgically implanted in your head that will help you hear, then of course you'll do it. It seems to hearing people that one would do whatever they could to hear.

An initial modification that can be made to a home to accommodate a person or persons with limited mobility is to install handrails on all internal and external stairwells. With time, it may be necessary to install a stair transporting device on the inside of the home to allow a person the ability to reach the second level of the home without having to struggle up the stairs, but for the initial phase simply installing more handrails will due.

Elderly couple or those planning on retirement can save on the alterations and accommodations they are making on their homes by following a few tips on saving money while remodeling. The first tip to saving money while remodeling a home for a couple to shop around for a quality contractor.

Deaf people are also very protective of each other. They tend to view their deaf culture as collectivist rather than individualist. They value the group over each individual on their own. Deaf people also have rules of etiquette that they abide by, such as ways to get someone's attention or how to walk through a conversation.

Entryway thresholds and transitional molding from carpet to tile may wish to be removed or altered as to avoid being a tripping hazard. And nonslip material may wish to be installed or placed in bathrooms, kitchens, and other potentially slippery areas of the home.

If you or someone you love is deaf or hard of hearing, you should consider in investing in one of Caption Call's hearing loss phones. Our hearing loss phones help those who are deaf or hard of hearing be able to communicate via the telephone.

Safety should always be a priority, but even the smallest task that can be done by the homeowner themselves in the course of the remodel can save big bucks in the long run. By striving to cut costs wherever possible on their home remodel, an aging couple or homeowner will be able to transform their own home into a responsible place for residence into their twilight years.




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