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By Frank Barnes
Special to the Times Newspapers
Are you a candidate for an adjustment to your home to accommodate handicap accessibility requirements? If you are a baby boomer with aging parents, you very well may be.
Many boomers are finding they need to assist in caring for their parents. As a result, they find they need to do things like enlarging doorways to accommodate walkers or wheelchairs, reworking and enlarging bathrooms with walk-in showers, widening halls, installing chairlifts on stairs, ramps installed, etc. Even the addition of a separate living space specifically designed for the older residents might be the solution.
How does one know what to do? If it is a child caring for a parent, the first step is to have a family meeting and discuss what options are available and which one or ones the parent would be agreeable to and which ones are possible.
Two important elements in the decision are the parents’ requirements and the agreement of the child’s spouse with the resulting decision. If remodeling is to be done, is the parent able to walk or is a walker or wheelchair required? Many hallways and doors will not easily accommodate either of these devices. Also, don’t forget access into the house; if there are steps
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