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A Transcona-based construction company is looking to help homeowners age in place.<\/div>\n
“There is a growing trend across Canada for our seniors to live at home as they age” said Michael Reimer, owner of Vulcan Construction. “This trend was well established prior to COVID-19 and the alarming news coming out of our personal care homes and retirement living centres will only encourage people to want to stay home longer.”<\/div>\n
A former paramedic, Reimer has been working in the real estate and construction industry for nearly a decade. In October, the Transcona resident was certified as an “aging in place specialist” by the National Association of Home Builders. <\/div>\n
“I saw the need (for aging in place) first as a paramedic from a completely different perspective,” Reimer said. “Responding to 65-and-over calls for people in their own homes is a large majority of what I did.”<\/div>\n
Not only does the certification allow him to expand his business, but also to provide peace of mind to his clients.<\/div>\n
“People with mobility issues can live in their own home for a long time if they’re equipped with the right supports,” Reimer said. <\/div>\n
With baby boomers and even Gen Xers beginning to need more support as they age, Reimer believes that aging in place is set to become a big priority for homeowners of those demographics.<\/div>\n
“Personal care homes can’t handle the demand,” Reimer said, noting that many people also don’t want to move into a personal care home if they can help it. <\/div>\n
Homebuilders are already noting the demand for multigenerational housing, Reimer said.<\/div>\n
“The secondary suite program I think has been a big success, which really opened the doors to proper, functional multigenerational homes,” Reimer said. “That’s a trend you see across the country”<\/div>\n
Safety and comfort are the two primary concerns raised by clients looking to renovate their existing homes so that they can age in place, Reimer noted. <\/div>\n
“That’s what I hear people talking about the most,” he said.<\/div>\n
According to Reimer, the most popular, and economical, improvement for aging in place is the bathroom.<\/div>\n
“It’s a necessity,” he said. “When you need to shower or use the washroom, you need to be able to do that alone.”<\/div>\n
Options range from adding grab bars or seats to completely removing the bathtub and replacing it with “beach entry” showers that don’t require stepping over a slippery lip.<\/div>\n
“We have a solution that will work for your budget,” Reimer said. “We can work with whatever, whether that’s making it easier to get into the tub rather than removing the tub.”<\/div>\n
For more information, visit www.vulcanconstruction.ca or call 204-816-8699.    <\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":294547161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_classifai_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_error":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"education-subject":[],"media-literacy-topic":[],"post_topic":[],"content_type":[24],"class_list":["post-572991601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-herald"],"acf":{"short_title":"","seo_title":"","deck":"Local construction company certified for aging in place renos","story_tag":"","byline":"Sheldon Birnie","updates":null},"apple_news_notices":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/herald\/2020\/11\/06\/enjoying-comforts-of-home-in-golden-years","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Enjoying comforts of home in golden years","url":"http:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/herald\/2020\/11\/06\/enjoying-comforts-of-home-in-golden-years","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/herald\/2020\/11\/06\/enjoying-comforts-of-home-in-golden-years"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/04\/sb-reimer-supplied-Nov11.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/04\/sb-reimer-supplied-Nov11.jpg"},"articleSection":"The Herald","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"feedloaderapi"}],"creator":["feedloaderapi"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Our Communities","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2020-11-06T16:00:00Z","datePublished":"2020-11-06T16:00:00Z","dateModified":"2020-11-06T16:05:35Z"},"rendered":"