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Customers’ Comments Reflect Company’s Values
What is a Word Cloud? Google says a word cloud is “an image composed of words used in a particular text or subject, in which the size of each word indicates its frequency or importance. So, the more often a specific words appears in your text, the bigger and bolder it...
Virtual Showroom Tours are Available Now!
Shelter in Place (SiP) has temporarily closed our Home Modification Solution Center to the public. Fortunately, technology allows us to virtually open the showroom and bring it directly to you! Through ZOOM and FaceBook video chats, we can connect with you virtually...
Member Spotlight: Home Safety Services, Inc.
VGM Live at Home strives to build a community of “Best in Class” companies to better serve the end-user and create meaningful experiences for their customers. This month, we chatted with Martin Simenc, PE, CAPS, with Home Safety Services about their many...
The New Service Vans are Here!
Recently Home Safety Services rolled out new service vans which serve as mobile showrooms and are fully equipped with all of the necessary items to help prevent falls in your home. The fully wrapped vans are packed full of our most common solutions and, of course,...
Home Safety Services Institutes Additional Measures Against the Spread of the Coronavirus
At this remarkable time, we want to reassure you that we are doing our part to prevent further spread of the virus. As you'll recall, our Accreditation by the Joint Commission Accreditation requires us to have robust infection control protocols in place for our staff...
Reclaim Your Independence in 2020 With the Freecurve Curved Stairlift From Handicare
For aging homeowners with two-story houses, finding a stairlift that allows them to move from floor to floor safely and painlessly has been easy—as long as their staircase was a single flight and ran in a straight line. But, if your staircase is curved, spiral or...
Falls Prevention: National, State, and Local Solutions to Better Support Seniors
This report marks the Committee’s purposive effort to highlight the importance of falls prevention and discuss the comprehensive needs that older adults require following a fall. This report presents a broad overview of the impact of falls, including their prevalence,...
Home Safety Services Recognizes National Falls Awareness Week-2019
Area Nonprofit Assists Oakland Resident Return to a Safe Home According to the California Department of Health, there are over 420,786 reported falls throughout the state a year. Approximately 17,138 of these falls occur every year in Alameda county. Falls can occur...
Home Modifications to Reduce Disability in Older Adults With Functional Disability
Functional disability, as marked by the inability to perform tasks needed to live independently, becomes increasingly common with advancing age and is strongly linked to multiple adverse health outcomes, such as depression, social isolation, hospitalization,...