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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

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Older Homeowners Have Option to Stay in Their Homes

(ARA) - Homeowners who want to make their house their home for a lifetime, regardless of their age or functional abilities, have a friend in the Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS) program developed by the National Association of Homebuilders Remodelers (NAHBR) in collaboration with other NAHB entities and AARP. It addresses the needs of the growing number of homeowners choosing to make specialized modifications to their existing homes for long-term living rather than moving.
 
CAPS professionals, most of whom are remodelers like Bill Owens, president of Owens Construction in Columbus, Ohio, are trained to build aesthetically pleasing, barrier-free living environments. “The market is there as NAHB estimates that aging-in-place remodeling will capture at least 10 percent of the $200 billion-plus annual home improvement industry,” Owens says.  Full Article>>

What do baby boomers want?

By Allison Evans

Changing the nursing home culture
By 2050, one in five people in the United States will be age 65 and older, and 12 million of them will need long-term care. But the old paradigm for institutionalized care in the nursing home setting doesn’t fit the preferences and expectations of the baby boomers and Gen-Xers entering their golden years.

In general, consumers have a negative impression of nursing homes as clinical, rigid and unappealing places to live out their final years. Changing the nursing home culture to become better attuned to consumer desires requires first an understanding of what consumers want.  Full Article >>

 

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