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Survey highlights keys to facilitating aging in place. (Outfront Sell).(National Association of...

By Haynes, Meghan
Publication: Professional Builder (1993)
Date: Saturday, March 1 2003

With the results of their National Older Adult Housing Survey 2002, the NAHB Research Center and Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies pinpoint the community features, products and design techniques that facilitate aging in place.

In terms of features necessary to aging at home, survey respondents cited first-floor bedrooms, central HVAC, low-maintenance exterior finishes and minimal/low-step entrances as being among the most important.

Respondents in age-restricted communities cited ease of living, quiet neighborhoods and maintenance costs t

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