As we’ve written before, installing a stair lift – also known as a stair glide – in your home can transform the way you live.

Are you worried that you’ll fall while trying to get up and down your steps? A stair lift can help.

Do you spend hours trying to figure out how you can turn one of your downstairs rooms into a bedroom or bathroom because your second floor has been rendered off limits? A stair lift can help.

When making a home more accessible, it’s important to remember two words: universal design.

The idea here is to create an environment that benefits everyone, whether it’s a curb cut on a sidewalk or supermarket door that opens automatically.

Nowhere is this concept more important than in the bathroom, a space that needs to offer safety, comfort and accessibility all at the same time.

In survey after survey, senior citizens say the same thing: they want to spend their remaining years at home instead of a nursing home or assisted living center.

However, remaining at home isn’t always feasible as we get older, at least without some aging in place home modifications.

Here are a few things you can do to make your home – or your parents’ home – a safer, more comfortable place to age in place.

With Christmas and the New Year just around the corner, chances are you’re scrambling to prepare your home for holiday guests.

Maybe that means preparing your guest rooms, or cleaning out your basement, or buying enough food to feed 20 people.

But if you have a guest who has a mobility issue, things become a bit more complicated. Your job as a host is to make your home not just welcoming, but accessible.

And one of the ways you can do that is through a stair lift installation.

Does Medicare Cover Shoes for Diabetics?

Proper footcare is essential for people with diabetes. In many cases, proper foot care means wearing special shoes for diabetics.

These shoes are often covered by Medicare, which will cover the cost of one pair of diabetic shoes per customer each year.

However, this option expires at the end of the calendar year, so now is the time to act. But before we discuss Medicare’s criteria for diabetic footwear coverage, let’s address why these shoes are necessary in the first place.