The increasing popularity of aging in place in Indianapolis is giving the home elevator a boost, driving architects and builders to prep more single-family homes for personal-size lifts. No longer an ...

For elderly folks who cannot install stair lifts into their homes, or for anyone wanting that ‘Star Trek’ look added to their living room, U.K.-based Terry Lifts has an invention for you: The ...

THE American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the approval of a standard for the safety of workers engaged in occupations that require the use of personnel hoists or employee ...

Ann McGee loves her home. If you saw it, you would understand. Every room of the 2,800-square-foot Mediterranean-style house in Winter Park reflects her well-traveled life, her many friendships, her ...

When the Otis Elevator Co. started manufacturing a machine that safely lifted people up multiple stories in a building, the value of urban real estate jumped. A patch of land was once limited by a ...

About 8,000 personal elevators were recalled Thursday by the Consumer Product Safety Commission because the elevator cab can fall unexpectedly to the bottom of the elevator shaft and abruptly stop.