Safer Homes for Seniors
Kirsten Luce for The New York TimesCatherine Fisher has had modifications added to her home including safety bars in strategic locations. When we moved into our row house in Brooklyn, N.Y. — with steep staircases, floor-to-ceiling windows and a working fireplace — my 15-month-old son was just learning to walk. Needless to say, we soon realized the house was a four-story danger zone. So my husband looked up “child-proofing” in the Yellow Pages and called in the installers. For a few grand, the se













