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Luther Tower seniors on upper floors navigate elevator outage. Management races to restore access, but fears grow among residents.
With the elevator in his condo building broken, Larry Brooks needs help from the Oak Lawn Fire Department to help him get to ...
Medicare doesn’t cover stair lifts because they don’t qualify as durable medical equipment (DME). If you have a Medicare ...
But this lawsuit is brought by a Margaret Knamm tenant. Because of all his health issues, it takes the 73-year-old nearly ...
The project avoided four weekends of shutdowns at the station and saved an estimated $900,000 After a lengthy construction, the MTA opened ...
The inoperative elevators are a symptom of larger problems the City-County Building has with its mechanical systems and ...
The Bay Ridge-95th Street subway station in Brooklyn just got a big accessibility upgrade. PIX11’s Cory McGinnis has more on how these changes are helping riders ...
More than half of the residents of Bowen Tower, many of whom are seniors or people with disabilities, have agreed to join a ...
An 83-year-old amputee was forced to use the stairs in order to complete a TSA PreCheck appointment at the GCIC Building in Hagåtña because the building’s elevators remain broken for ...
Stair lifts work by using a chair attached to a rail on your stairs. When you push a button on the armrest, a motor moves the ...
Speaking of power output, stairs work some of the biggest muscles in your body (think: glutes, quads, and calves. Plus, ...
This means if you’re renting a place on an upper floor, there’s a solid chance you have to walk up and down stairs all the time. If you’re in decent health that might not be a huge problem—until you ...