In the next 40 years, there’ll be some 80 million Americans over 65, and 19 million who will be over 85. What’s more, it’s a cohort that’s reinventing what it means to grow old. The Harvard Center for Joint Housing Studies says that 77% percent of us don’t want to leave home when we age–we want to stay there. That’s great news for architects, builders, and remodelers. Aging in place is an opportunity for function, beauty, and design that serves everyone. Universal design is called so for a reason, and should live up to its name by making it as green as salvage timber, triple paned windows, and PV arrays.
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