The mother of Amina’s neighbour sits in her first floor apartment. One of the documented adaptations by Michinzani residents, renowned for their resilience, is for families with first- or second-floor apartments to allocate to them to older family members for reasons related to access. In plethora of neighborhoods in Ng'ambo, where single-story houses are jammed together on narrow alleys, older citizens worry that a taxi or other automotive transport to the hospital in the event of an emergency might not reach them.