Stair Lifts: Key Features For Home Safety Stair lifts provide a safe and comfortable way for the elderly, people with disabilities, or people with discomfort in walking and climbing, to freely move up and down stairs, in a home or other buildings, such as a church, community center, school, etc. Installing a stair lift can [...]

Stairlift Cost: Deduction from your Income Taxes The cost of mobility equipment can be deducted from your income taxes as medical expenses under specific circumstances. Before we get to those circumstances, here’s a qualification of our own:  This information is extracted from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) publications. It is important that you retain a qualified [...]

Find Legal Help For Seniors Mobility is an important consideration if you want to live in your home as long as possible. Another need is competent legal advice. A trade group called The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc. (NAELA) is a professional association of over 4,200 attorneys who “are dedicated to improving the [...]

In a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control, that agency estimates that 234,094 nonfatal bathroom injuries were treated in hospital emergency departments in the U.S in 2008. The agency warned that everyone, “especially older adults, should be aware of bathroom activities that are associated with a high risk for injury and of environmental [...]

On August 24, The Town of North Hempstead, whose western border is about 15 miles from Manhattan, in conjunction with the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University and North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System (North-Shore LIJ) will host the first aging-in-place conference and expo in the region. The title of the conference is [...]