HIGH-TECH ‘GRANNY PODS’ ALLOW ELDERLY FAMILY MEMBERS TO LIVE COMFORTABLY IN A BACKYARD COTTAGE FOR $125K

With 40.3 million people in the United States being age 65 or older in 2010 — a number that is expected to double by 2050 — where to house elderly parents and grandparents who have increasing medical needs but still want to retain their independence might have some families stumped. That’s why a Virginia-based company has developed “granny pods.”

The Washington Post recently featured the “temporary family health-care structures,” which can be located in a family’s backyard. You might be thinking what 88-year-old Viola Baez thought when her family invested in a backyard MedCottage.

“You’re throwing me out! You’re sending me out to a doghouse!” Baez said, according to the Post.

Baez might not have initially wanted to reside in the $125,000, high-tech cottage but into it she went.
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