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What are your tips for staying independent at your own home?
Aging Well | Last Active: Apr 13 12:16pm | Replies (312)Comment receiving replies
There are little platforms one can stand on that can take you up or own stairs that can fold up when not in use. Something like that could work for some folks—depending of their circumstances. A OT might be able to advise about this and other options. Cheaper to install and maintain than an elevator and less dramatic and disruptive than moving.
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Please describe these "platforms". Where do you purchase them?
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That option will be on our list if the time comes and we are in our current home. You are so right - we spend years or decades customizing our space to suit us, then uproot and move...to do it again?
The thing we are doing this year & next is figuring out how to simplify my 40+ years of gardens (7 on our 1/3 acre) so we can maintain them with less help. This is more emotionally difficult for me than getting rid of "stuff" because it is our personal paradise from May - October, enjoyed by family, neighbors and friends.