Editorial policy
Livable Later publishes practical guides on home modifications for aging in place. Readers use these pages to spend money, to talk with contractors, and to decide whether a public program might apply. The standard for a sentence is that a careful reader can find the underlying source, and that a program dollar amount can be found on the agency's own page.
Who is responsible
Guides are published under the byline "Livable Later editorial team." We do not attribute articles to named individuals, and we do not invent biographies, licenses, or lived experiences. When a named remodeler appears, the name is in a cited third-party article, usually AARP's, and we identify that article and its year. We do not present those quotations as our own reporting interviews.
The site does not accept payment for coverage. There are no affiliate links in this version, no sponsored guides, and no contractor directory sold as editorial. A company that wants a product mentioned can send a public specification sheet. Mention of a product category, such as a pressure-balancing valve or a monitored alert button, is not an endorsement of a brand. We will not add a brand because a manufacturer asked.
Sources we prefer
For health and injury, we prefer the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, especially STEADI and the older-adult falls pages, and the National Institute on Aging. For design dimensions, we prefer the 2010 ADA Standards published by the U.S. Access Board, and we say when those standards are a benchmark rather than a legal requirement for a private house. For building practice we cite the International Code Council's residential and plumbing codes as documents a local official adopts, not as a permit. For credentialing we cite the National Association of Home Builders on CAPS. For public money we cite the agency that administers it: USDA Rural Development, the Department of Veterans Affairs, Medicare, Medicaid and CMS, HUD, the IRS, and the Administration for Community Living.
Remodeling prices are included only when a dated publication states them. We label them as reported ranges or as examples from a named year. We do not convert them into "today's average" with a private inflation guess presented as fact. If we lack a source, the guide says to get a local bid and stops.
Program ceilings are copied from the official page and the review date is stated on the article. When an agency's own older pamphlet disagrees with its current page, we follow the current page and mention the trap if readers are likely to find the old PDF. Disaster exceptions and annual index adjustments are flagged so a normal-year reader does not borrow a special-year number.
What we will not claim
We will not claim that a modification prevents falls in a specific person. We report population findings from CDC and describe hazards those programs list. We will not claim a reader qualifies for a benefit. We will not give a diagnosis, a medication change, a tax position, or a legal opinion about a landlord. Guides point to the clinician, the tax professional, the housing counselor, or the agency that can.
We will not publish horror stories built from unnamed patients. Near-miss patterns are described as patterns, not as case reports. We will not use stock urgency ("act now before it's too late") as a substitute for the checklist item that belongs in the sentence.
A sentence that cannot be tied to a cited document does not stay because it sounds plausible. The corrections process below is how we handle the sentences that still get through.
Corrections
If you believe a page is wrong, email contact@livablelater.com with the page address, the sentence, and the source you trust. We correct factual errors on the page, not only in a footnote, and we update the "updated" date when the change is material. Program figures are rechecked when a reader or an editor sees a new agency publication. A typographical fix may not change the date. A changed dollar ceiling will.
We do not pay for corrections and we do not promise to adopt a contributor's wording. If we disagree, we will say why when we reply, and we will still fix the page if the disagreement was ours.
Images and diagrams
Diagrams on this site are original drawings of measurements, not photographs of real clients. They are simplified. The standard or the code, not the drawing, is the authority if a detail differs. We do not use before-and-after photos of identifiable homes.
News and product cycles
Alert systems, smart bulbs, and lift models change features several times a year. Guides describe categories and the questions to ask. They do not maintain a price table of gadgets. When a guide mentions a fee, it tells you to get the fee in the contract. When a federal ceiling changes on a known schedule, such as a VA fiscal-year adjustment, the guide should be updated to the new posted figure and the new fiscal year. Until that edit is made, the verify-with-the-agency line governs.
This policy applies to every guide, category page, and the home page. The disclaimer governs how you may use the result. The privacy policy governs the mailbox and any future advertising technology. Read those alongside this page if you are relying on the site for anything beyond general education.