AARP looks to help elderly stay in their homes

The 36 American Association of Retired Persons chapters throughout the state are conducting service projects this week which will help the elderly stay in their homes. 77-year-old Donald Koroch of West Des Moines says the little things, like non-slip strips in the shower, mean a lot.Koroch says it’s often an accumulation of the little things which pushes the elderly from independent living in their own home into an assisted living apartment or nursing home.Koroch has made adjustments to his own home, he’s put in a flat patio to his back yard so he doesn’t have to go down a stairway.The A-A-R-P’s “Independent Living Week” began Monday and runs through the 7th. If you have a project you’d like help with, call the A-A-R-P office in Des Moines.