Life Has Its Ups and Downs.(installing an elevator in the home)

From: USA Today (Magazine) | Date: May 1, 2001| Author: ROTHENBERG, ROBERT S. | Copyright information

An in-house elevator can be the solution to inability to climb stairs.

HOME OWNERSHIP has long been considered a major component of the American Dream, with a house providing visible evidence that one has "made it" in the world. Those living in split-level, colonial, raised-ranch, or other multilevel houses, though, may suddenly find themselves in circumstances where old age, ill health, or physical handicaps make their homes a challenge their bodies find it hard or even...

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