This book is a step by step home assessment and planning guide for middle age and older adults. It includes practical and applied tips on how to evaluate where and how you want to live, where you want to retire and what needs you can anticipate. Every option is considered: Stay put and modify?, Move and build?, Choose an independent living facility?, choose a continuing care facility?
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Deciding to stay in your home or move to a retirement community is a decision made easier with the book "Home Planning for your Later Years' by William K. Wasch. In 181 pages Wasch offers a step by step home assessment and planning guide for middle-age and older adults. Many of the remodeling tips also are helpful to those who use a wheelchair or other equipment. -- Los Angeles Times Saturday, March 30, 1996
Modifying your home so it's more accessible later. by Shelby Gilje, Seattle Times staff columnist. Ever tried looking at your home a couple of decades down the road when you have some physical disabilities? Uh-huh. Neither did I until a recent interview with William K. Wasch, author of "Home Planning for Your later Years" and conference chairman of the National Council on the Aging, Inc..... -- Sunday Seattle Times, March 24, 1996
Modifying your home so it's more accessible later. by Shelby Gilje, Seattle Times staff columnist. Ever tried looking at your home a couple of decades down the road when you have some physical disabilities? Uh-huh. Neither did I until a recent interview with William K. Wasch, author of "Home Planning for Your later Years" and conference chairman of the National Council on the Aging, Inc..... -- Sunday Seattle Times, March 24, 1996
About the Author
William K. Wasch who with his architect daughter, Christina E. Wasch, designed the Middletown House, a completely accessible house for older persons which won the 1999 Innovative Senior Housing Award from The National Association of Homebuilders. He co-founded the Independence Resource Center, a non-profit organization which conducts accessibility studies of federally financed housing for seniors and people with disabilities. Wasch lives in Middletown, Ct and serves on the boards of Wesleyan University and The National Council on the Aging.
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Preparing for an independent life style in retirement,
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A very good basic reference resource for people contemplating building or remodeling a house for their retirement. Each section offers a reading list for gaining in-depth information on the topic covered. There is also a planning guide with which to evaluate options relative to personal needs and resources. Highly recommended by this retiree.
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My wife and I have been reading this attractive book with great interest as we think about our next home. The text reads very smoothly for a volume packed with so many useful ideas.
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My wife and I have been reading this attractive book with great interest as we think about our next home. The text reads very smoothly for a volume packed with so many useful ideas.
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Statistics tell us that most of us will continue to live independently for many years to come. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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rental retirement community, rental retirement communities, homebound seniors, nursing facility care, continuing care retirement community, accessory apartment, one meal per day, home modification, knee space, adult day care center, leisure communities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Home Planning for Your Later Years, United States, New York City, Evaluating Your Options, Benton Harbor, Courtesy Whirlpool Home Appliance, North Carolina, Evaluating Your Resources, Los Angeles, Social Security, Area Agency, Van Nostrand Reinhold, Courtesy Hewi, Department of Commerce, Modifying Your Present House, San Francisco, University of Southern California New!
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- Fountain of Age by Betty Friedan in Front Matter, page 125, and Back Matter
- Housing Options and Services for Older Adults (Choices and Challenges) by Ann E. Gillespie on page 83, and page 95
- The Age Wave: How The Most Important Trend Of Our Time Can Change Your Future by Ken Dychtwald Ph.D. on page 29, and page 59
- Places rated almanac: Your guide to finding the best places to live in America by Rick Boyer on page 59, and page 95
- Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves by Kathryn M. Mccamant on page 38, and page 59
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- Accessible Housing by Design: Universal Design Principles in Practice by Steven Winter Associates on page 105
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