AGING IN PLACE Old Housing, New Needs By Marilyn Katzman
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inda Chinman Pollock had a career in construction and real estate that evolved into staging and renovating homes. As she interacted with clients seeking advice on presenting their homes for sale, she found that many people needed help with adaptations that would allow them to remain in their homes as they aged, or perhaps following an accident or surgery that changed their daily lives.
One client she was working with fell in a home that only had a powder room on the first floor. With a broken pelvis, the client was unable to go up the stairs to bathe and was asking her daughter to constantly come over for a sponge bath. Pollock was able to modify that bathroom, adding a walk-in shower with grab bars.
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