Architectural Digest: Americans Need Home Design That Welcomes Everyone
The needs of the modern home—and the abilities of its residents—are increasingly varied, a fact that the…
Visitability
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Making Homes Visitable: A Guide for Wheelchair Users and Hosts
Source: Research & Training Center on Independent Living Can Grandma, who uses a walker, still attend the family Thanksgiving…
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Mandating Visitability for New Housing is a No-Brainer
By Patricia Morrissey & David Leake for the Center for Disability Studies Wheelchair users often find it…
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HGTV: ‘Visitability’ Makes Homes Accessible
Improving access for all makes sense, builders and remodelers say. There’s a new word in the vocabulary…
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Builder: Understanding the Need for Accessible Home Design
According to a report issued this month by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, fewer than…
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Baltimore Sun: With aging population, a gap in home design
Suzanne and Dan Swisher started looking for a new house a few years ago. With their children…
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Builder: 75% of Baby Boomers Unready to Age in Their Homes
HomeAdvisor was out Monday with its annual report on Aging in Place. What it found is not…
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Back Home in Indiana Alliance: ‘Visitability’ moves from a new idea to an important trend in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS — “Visitability” is not just a nice idea. In more and more Indiana communities it’s becoming…
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LIVESMART Design: “Visitability” – a way of thinking about aging and design
By Carolyn Cook with LiveSmart Design in Charlotte, NC for Davidson Committee on Aging, 2011 As the…
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Builders: Cincinnati may be model on ‘visitability’
A National Association of Home Builders official said Cincinnati’s efforts to promote “visitability” concepts in new single-family home construction could be a national model for builders
