Anonymous wrote:People who do not live near the elderly do not understand the risk of falls. Very high death rates for hip fractures.
Yup, this. Stairs are killers of people over the age of 70. Very difficult to ever properly recovery from a hip fracture after that age, it will drag down the rest of your bodily health.
Super important to downsize from a big house with lots of stairs to single level living by the time you are in your early 70s. I have a feeling stairs are going to prematurely take out a lot of Boomers who refuse to downsize.