Grab bars in the shower is a damn convenient feature. At any age.

Published May 1, 2026 5:21am ET | Updated May 1, 2026 5:21am ET



It took me a few months to notice that my small one-bedroom graduate student apartment in Princeton was what building inspectors would call “accessible.” The doorways are a little wider than you’d expect, and in the bathroom, there are aluminum grab bars along the walls near the toilet, in the shower, at various other points where a person might reasonably need to arrest a fall.

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