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Aging-in-Place Work Can Be Emotional.

Publication: Qualified Remodeler
Publication Date: 01-MAR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Aging-in-Place Work Can Be Emotional.(Column)

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Aging-in-Place Work Can Be Emotional

By Michael Menn AIA, CGR, CAPS

Well, we are finally into 2009 and hopefully you are proceeding slowly but steadily. If you attended the International Builders Show in Las Vegas, you were exposed to many educational opportunities, as well as a vast array of new and improved products. Much more than my senses could handle at one time.

As I made my way from aisle-to-aisle, I observed that there were more and more products than ever before for the aging-in-place market. Not surprising, considering these facts:

In 2006, there were more than 37 million people 65 and over in the United States, accounting for 12 percent of the population.

Additionally there are about 75 million Baby Boomers, the oldest of whom will reach 65 this year.

Together, these two groups comprise more than one-third of the U.S. population. What this means for us, obviously, is as...

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