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home elevator for seniors installed in a stairwell

A home elevator for seniors should provide mobility and increased personal safety from falling as well as increase the home’s value. Ensuring that your residential elevator meets the immediate needs for independence and enables you to recoup part of that investment when you sell the home are what our elevator experts focus on during our in-home elevator consultations with you and your family.

Take a look at this link, if you are still trying to decide whether to move or age-in-place.

What Seniors Need in a Home Elevator

Convenience

A residential elevator should be located in the structure where it can be accessed without obstructions and, optimally, the landings are close to the most frequently accessed areas of the home such as the living room and bedroom.

Our certified aging-in-place specialists (CAPS) are trained and experienced in helping homeowners and their families assess the best locations for in-home elevators. Shaftless home elevators like our PVE vacuum elevators offer a lot of flexibility and space-saving when retrofitting homes, but also are so elegant that they look amazing in new homes, especially those with open floor plans, large stairwells, and 2-story rooms.

Famililarity

As some of us age, we lose some memory elasticity that makes learning new things harder. Improperly operating an elevator, stair lift, wheelchair lift, or other mobility device can result in injury. Plus, staying in the familiar environment of one’s home and community have many positive mental and emotional benefits.

vacuum elevator in a 2-story room

All sizes of the innovative PVE home elevators come with options that are familiar to anyone who has ridden a commercial elevator. Features such as call buttons at the landing, button control panels inside the cab, alarm, in-cab phone, interior lighting, and automatic doors require little thought to operate. There are no tricky instructions or concerns for remembering to close gates, etc. It is easier than riding a bike. Having an easy-to-understand elevator is not only good for the elderly homeowners, but also, for visitors to the home especially children.

Flexibility

a woman in a wheelchair using the safety telephone installed in all vacuum elevators per building code

Mobility needs change and, most often, grown more complex. When our CAPS advisors visit your home, they discuss not only your needs today, but also what your needs might be in the future.

While no one has a crystal ball to tell the future, our elevator experts can help you make the right decision that maximizes your flexibility to face additional mobility needs in the future. Examples include a need for your spouse or an attendant to ride the elevator with you or the need for a home elevator cab that fits a wheelchair. A personal elevator may suit your needs today, but may not in the future. A small additional investment upfront can save you a lot of money and headaches in the end if you need a larger elevator down the road. Plus, it may keep you in your home longer.

Peace of Mind

Maintaining independence safely is an incredible gift for seniors as they age and for their families. It gives the entire family peace of mind. Aging parents feel less of a burden and adult kids feel relief.

The investment in an elevator can seem like a financial burden, but if you consider the costs of not of installing an elevator, it can put some perspective on the decision. Weigh the cost of a residential elevator with the alternatives:

  • moving costs (financially, physically, and emotionally)
  • repair and upgrade costs to prepare a home to sell
  • upgrading the home with lower-cost mobility solutions that detract from the value of a home like a stair lift and are not as safe and easy to use as an elevator
  • medical and home care bills for injuries likely to be sustained if safe mobility options are not provided
  • independent and assisted living care facility costs which add up quickly.

Safety

A home elevator can prevent disastrous falls by solving the mobility problems that cause seniors to take risks.

Ensuring the home elevator works for an elderly homeowner’s needs is the first step to increasing safety in the home. Keeping your elevator in good working order for safety and convenience is also vital. The vacuum elevator requires virtually no maintenance. Our elevators are expertly installed by licensed and bonded technicians and confirmed safe via the permitting and inspection process with your local authorities.  PVE elevators have an impeccable reputation for safety.

Home Elevator for Seniors Options

Whether retrofitting your home with an elevator to age in place or building your dream retirement home adding an elevator for future mobility needs, we are ready to assist seniors and their families in choosing the right mobility solution. You and your loved ones have many options for home elevators. We hope that you will invite our certified aging-in-place specialist to answer all your questions and explain all your options.

Make a convenient in-home appointment with one of our certified aging-in-place specialists to discover if a lower cost elevator with faster installation makes sense for you and your home. Call (713) 360 7353.

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