{"id":1864,"date":"2016-12-21T01:20:39","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T01:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orangesand.com\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2016-12-21T01:20:39","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T01:20:39","slug":"as-america-ages-its-homes-must-adapt-but-are-they","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/21\/as-america-ages-its-homes-must-adapt-but-are-they\/","title":{"rendered":"AS AMERICA AGES, ITS HOMES MUST ADAPT &#8212; BUT ARE THEY?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For over 65 year oldS, homes need to have:\u00a0 (1)\u00a0 zero-step entrances;\u00a0 (2)\u00a0 single-floor living;\u00a0 (3)\u00a0 wide halls and doorways that can accommodate walkers and wheelchairs &amp; particularly in the bathrooms.\u00a0 Most older adults are homeowners &amp; will increase in years to come.\u00a0 Also may need care to stay in their homes and nursing home populations have declined.\u00a0 Other options are:\u00a0 multi-generational houses with in-law apartments &amp; the &#8220;village&#8221; concept of shared services.\u00a0 Try driverless cars &amp; home-centered technologies.\u00a0 LOTS OF CHANGES AHEAD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For over 65 year oldS, homes need to have:\u00a0 (1)\u00a0 zero-step entrances;\u00a0 (2)\u00a0 single-floor living;\u00a0 (3)\u00a0 wide halls and doorways that can accommodate walkers and wheelchairs &amp; particularly in the bathrooms.\u00a0 Most older adults are homeowners &amp; will increase in years to come.\u00a0 Also may need care to stay in their homes and nursing home [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1865,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions\/1865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}