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HOME IMPROVEMENT Last week brought encouraging news for older Americans who would like to stay in their homes but have difficulty getting around in them. A new study in the Archives of Family Medicine shows that simple household modifications such as installing ramps, lowering cabinets and removing throw rugs--along with the use of such support devices as canes and walkers--can let frail elders remain independent at home. And the cost of these changes can be as little as one-fourth the price of in-home assistance, or a move to a nursing home. --By Daniel S. Levy
...high-speed capability, according to experts, will encourage the migration of the computer into the common areas of the household. That means more sites visited, banners clicked and e-commerce transacted--and AT&T (as well as Microsoft) wants a piece of all that fast-growing action. The company already has a wide array of Internet products and e-commerce applications ready to deploy over the nascent network. Gradually, through television advertisements, mailings and those annoying phone calls, AT&T's AtHome could become an online brand to rival AOL. "They are going to hit you on ESPN...
Last week the PBS talk show To the Contrary broadcast results of a new study it had commissioned from a New York University economist: he claims that women now control a majority--51.3%--of U.S. household wealth. Other economists challenge the report's methodology, especially its apportioning of wealth evenly between husbands and wives. Yet even the critics believe women's influence over wealth is growing, if only because wives outlive their husbands by an average of seven years and usually inherit most of their assets...
While the breakdown of students based on household earnings has not been compiled yet, Fitzsimmons said preliminary data indicates that the class will be at least as economically diverse as the class will be at least as economically diverse as the class...
There are no restrictions on the use of video or computer games in the Horan household, in Albuquerque, N.M. Peter, 16, and Frank, 14, spend eight hours a day on weekends and as many as three hours each weeknight playing e-games. Single dad Tom Horan, an admitted computer illiterate, takes a passive role, hoping his sons will outgrow their obsession. A lobbyist and lawyer, Tom only occasionally wanders in to see what they're up to. "I'd rather have them and their friends playing video games here than be out roaming the streets," he says. Although Peter...