Dan Bawden Featured in AARP article on Making a Home Safe for an Aging Parent

Dan Bawden, founder of Legal Eagle Contractors, was featured in an article on the AARP website titled “How to Make a Home Safe for Your Aging Parent.”

In the linked article below, Dan discusses how certified aging in place specialist (CAPS) remodelers represent just a small percentage of remodelers, which means there is a lack of knowledge in the industry about the challenges faced by older citizens:

“Having homes that are unfriendly to seniors as they get older is nothing new,” says Bawden, the owner and president of Legal Eagle Contractors, a custom building and remodeling firm based in Bellaire, Texas. “In really older houses, doors are almost always too skinny.”

Dan also talks about typical accessibility upgrade costs and how people can seek financial assistance.

 

Read the full article: https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/home-care/info-2019/safety-tips.html