Personal Narrative: My Interview With A Home

The person I interviewed for my Home Fit Assignment was Ms. Lizzie Fikes. She is a 64 year old women who lives with her cousin. She is still in good health and works a full time and part time job. They live in a newly built Single Family in Capitol Heights, Maryland. The home was modelled to fit an aging senior citizen with raised toilet seats, both carpet and hardwood floors, etc. This home is located walking distance from the nearest metro station and a two minute walk from the closet bus stop. Retail shopping centers are a five to ten minute drive from the home.

From the Home Livability checklist, I choose the following two questions out those that were asked to discussion in this assignment, because I found them to be very important. Are the doorways and hallways wide enough to let a wheelchair pass through? Are there grab bars in the bathroom or has the wall been reinforced so that you can add them? For the first question Ms. Fikes answered “Yes, the hallways and doors are wide enough for someone with a wheelchair to pass through.” She knew this because one of her friends came to visit who was in a wheelchair and she was able to travel throughout the home without having to make any
The first one was about general safety, having a telephone in every room of the house. There was only one telephone that was found in the kitchen. Ms. Fikes said that everyone within the household uses their cell phones. Another issue that I found was in the outdoor area section, there was no railing that leads from the outside of the house inside. Although, there’s one from the inside of the garage to the house, the main entrance of the house is an extremely important. The cost to add a landline telephone to every room in the house would cost about $50 for 4 wireless home phones. On the other hand, adding a railing to the front of the house would cost around