Archive for December, 2009

Mobility challenges can come at us rapidly or they can be a slow, inevitable creeping up on us. If they’re the later, there’s often a moment of realization that the one you’re caring for will have when they are forced to realize they no longer have full use of the home they’ve loved for... »

To grow older and see the slow decline of your physical abilities is not easy. But to lose half the home you’ve lived in for so many years adds insult to injury. Now there’s an alternative to ignoring the upper floors of your home. Now you can avoid sleeping in a downstairs guest room... »

By Carol O’Dell, author of Mothering Mother Aging in Place might still mean a move—just near where you already live. I have a dear friend whose wife died recently. They live on the outskirts of Boston and love where they live. He’s turning 80 and living in a 4,000 square foot house on ten acres. It’s... »

If you think it’s too late to be looking into stair lifts for the one you’re providing care for, we’d like to prove you wrong. Living Free Home can install any one of our variety of affordable, safe stair lifts in a very short amount of time, usually within 48 hours of being on... »