Your home might require modifications to allow you to safely age in your home. Here are some changes you might make to your home ahead of retirement to prepare for mobility or aging-related issues.

Home modifications can be expensive, typically ranging from $3,000 to $15,000, with the average spend nationally being $9,500, according to Fixr, the cost-quoting site that connects home ...

In a study of people receiving community care, home modifications liberated them to live at home safely and independently. Hours of care were cut by 42% and quality of life improved by 40%.

In response, the government founded the Making Home Affordable program, with $75 billion in federal funds, to offer services--including loan modification--to certain homeowners.

September 13, 2012 / 8:19 AM EDT / MoneyWatch (MoneyWatch) COMMENTARY The Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) has done much less than promised, according to a recent study.

Levine, now the IDeA Center’s assistant director, began working on home modifications in 1996, soon after graduating from UB’s architecture master’s degree program. She works for small fees and, on ...