AGING IN PLACE
HEALTH & Home Experts pool resources to adapt seniors’ housing
>> CONTRACTORS, SUPPLIERS AND ARCHITECTS are joining forces with occupational therapists and caregivers to help address a looming housing and health-care crisis. With Canada’s population aging and the cost of long-term care soaring, the housing and health sectors are looking at ways to ensure that seniors can live safely in their own homes for as long as possible, says Don Fenn, founding president of Home Modification Canada. Manitoba’s builders and suppliers have already embraced the concept, called aging in place.
By Bob Armstrong Photos by Darcy Finley
32 Parade of Homes Spring 2018
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