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By Michelle Seitzer
Granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, shiny wood floors, custom tiling: these are among the items frequently found on the modern home buyer’s checklist.
Decades ago, when seniors currently aging in place (AIP) were house-hunting, it’s unlikely that wide doorways and expanded halls, hand and chair rails, interior and exterior ramps, or streamlined one-level living quarters were on their checklists. But that’s what they need now, and that’s what their adult children, many of whom are boomers planning for their own present and future care needs, are struggling to provide.
Overwhelmed with keeping up on repairs and making needed upgrades to the family home, adult children often give up,...
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