LifeWise Home

The LifeWise Home was completed in November 2002. It was built by the Research Center as part of its Marketable, Affordable, Durable, and Entry-level (MADE) Homes project in the National Research Home Park in Bowie, Md. The home was also designed to be energy-efficient, low-maintenance, and accessible for older and/or disabled homeowners who may be in a wheelchair, use a walker, or may have a physical limitation that impairs mobility. The list of features includes main living areas on the first floor, an accessible shower with grab bars, a washing toilet, wider doorways and hallways, a raised dishwasher, a front-loading clothes washer and dryer, a home automation system, and an upstairs suite for a live-in caretaker or boomerang child.