A San Mateo reader's husband has a neurological disorder that affects his balance and ability to walk. He's reluctant to make safety improvements to their home because he doesn't want to pay to have ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing updates in the handrail and stair rail system requirements for its general industry, Walking-Working Surfaces ...

Several weeks ago, I shared a story with you about a young woman. She attends our church, and my wife and I are friends with her. A week ago she reached out to me with a new problem. She was ...

Dear Heloise: We live in a trilevel house and have seven steps going up and seven steps going down. My husband installed a second handrail opposite the one that was already there on both sets of steps ...

A stair is a progression of steps, each hoisted a deliberate separation, driving from one level of a structure to another. At the point when the arrangement is a persistent area without breaks shaped ...

DEAR HELOISE: We live in a trilevel house and have seven steps going up and seven steps going down. My husband installed a second handrail opposite the one that was already there on both sets of steps ...