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Revitalize Your Kitchen
Excerpts from the AARP Guide to Revitalizing Your Home, with expert tips on how to make universal design work for you. Read
What Is Universal Design?
Learn the basics of building homes and other structures for the safety, comfort and convenience of everyone. Read
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Find certified designers, builders and other pros who can make your house safe and comfortable for as long as you want to live there. Do
How Well is Your Home Caring for You?
See our checklists of universal design solutions if disabilities are cramping your style. Read
Prefab 'In-law' Cottages Mix Safety, Comfort
New freestanding modular home additions aim to provide the right kind of space for aging in place. Read
Making Your Home Accessible — and Beautiful
Harvard architecture teacher Cynthia Leibrock joins AARP's Elinor Ginzler to discuss how universal design helps people age gracefully. Listen
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