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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

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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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'd love one, but i don't believe the cost...Waaaaay too much. It is little more than a pod. Get an airstream instead. You can take it on trips.

Anonymous said...

What do you do with the sewage? How do you get water and electricity? This thing obviously is not self-contained.