We affirm in part, vacate the property settlement and maintenance awards, and remand for further proceedings consistent with the views expressed herein. Husband and wife married in March 1967. It was the second marriage for each, and both have adult children from their prior marriages. Since spring of 1992, husband has resided at Equinox Terrace, an assisted living facility in Manchester, Vermont. Wife currently resides on Long Island in the marital home.
Husband is seventy-five years old and in poor health.
He suffered permanent brain damage in a work-related accident in 1983. Because of his head injury, he is rated as totally disabled and is currently neither employed nor employable. Prior to the accident he was employed as an electrical engineer for thirty-five years. Wife is age sixty-nine. Although she is able to function, her health is poor.