Services
Hospital to Home Consultation
Are you or a family member being discharged home from the hospital or from a nursing home facility and have concerns that your home environment is not accessible or safe?
This service is designed with you in mind to assist you in preparing your home environment to create a safe and accessible environment for you or your family member to thrive in after a hospitalization.
Our Hospital to Home Consultation Aims to:
- Assist with identifying environmental barriers in the home that may increase risk for falls
- Provide strategies for advocating for yourself and/or a loved one
- Provide recommendations for durable medical equipment, assistive devices and cost-effective home modifications
- Facilitation of obtaining recommended home modifications on case-by-case basis (ex: ramp and grabs)
*Additional Fees may apply for coordinating services
Aging In Place Consultation
Is your home a good fit for you to age in safely?
Aging in place is choosing to live in your own home as you grow older (nih.gov). Aging is a beautiful process that is inevitable for us all. Physical and cognitive
changes that arise during the aging process make maneuvering in your current environment challenging, ultimately reducing your overall quality of life.
Our trained medical professional wants to partner with you through a virtual consultation to develop an aging in place plan that fits your individualized needs.
Aging in place consultation may include:
- Identifying your specific goals for aging in place.
- Fall Risk Assessment/Screening
- Recommendation for mitigating or reducing falls in the home and community
- Home modification recommendations to assist you with staying in the environment you feel most comfortable as long as possible.
Home Safety Assessment (Non-Medical)
HOME SAFE IS YOUR HOME ENVIRONMENT?
A home safety assessment is a basic evaluation of your physical home environment to identify safety hazards that can increase your risk of a fall or impede functional performance with self-care tasks. Our skilled medical professional will tailor each home safety assessment to fit your individual needs or the needs of your family member. Our home modification consultant is trained to perform in-person and virtual home safety assessments based on your individual needs, availability and location.
Our Home Safety Assessment process:
- Interview with the client and/or caregiver to identify your specific goals and understand your daily routines.
- A basic assessment of your physical home environment to identify barriers and fall risk hazards.
- A written summary of recommendations
- Facilitation of procurement of recommended medical equipment or home modifications (Additional fees may apply)
- Follow up training as needed in the safe use of home modifications and/or recommended equipment.
Comprehensive Home Modification Assessment
Home modifications are adaptations made to the physical environment to support performance with everyday tasks. A home modification assessment is a comprehensive evaluation of your physical home environment, client factors and your ability to function within your home environment safely. This assessment is designed to take a deeper look into your medical history, daily routine performance and identify environmental factors within your home that impede or hinder your performance with your selfcare tasks. After the completion of a home modification assessment, our trained occupational therapist will provide a detail report of recommendations for home modifications and durable medical equipment.
Our Home Modification Assessment process:
- Interview with the client and/or caregiver to identify your specific goals, understand your daily routines, and review of your past medical history as needed.
- Collaboration with your medical team on a case-by-case basis (case manager, worker compensation representative, personal injury lawyers, or lifecare planners)
- An assessment of your physical home environment to identify barriers and fall risk hazards.
- Skilled observation to observe your performance of basic self-care tasks and routines to make the most appropriate recommendations.
- A detail written report of home modification recommendations and/or medical equipment recommendations.
- Facilitation of procurement of recommended home modifications. (Additional Fee may apply)
- Follow up training as needed in the safe use of home modifications or recommended durable medical equipment.