'It's an inconvenience': Broken elevators force seniors to climb stairs at a Delray Beach 55+ community

Omroep Brabant

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A prison at home: that's what it feels like for elderly residents of an apartment building in Tilburg. For two weeks, the only elevator in the eight-story complex has been broken. An 81-year-old woman is even forced to temporarily live with her daughter because she can't climb the stairs. "Inhumane." "Sad! It's just a disaster." Puffing and with great difficulty, 84-year-old Wim van Iersel climbs the stairs of the Safir Apartment on Kobaltstraat…