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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,...
Home Modifications and Cerebral Palsy
Home Modifications and Cerebral Palsy Building and home modifications provide barrier-free access and inclusion for any individual, with or without disability. Designers use the term “design for all” to describe products, services and systems designed for use...
Safe Access to Your Home
Patient could not safely access the front of his home with walker aided ambulation. After creative solution to solve front door landing placement was implemented, ramp was installed. Patient can now safely access his home (click ramp video link for viewing). ramp...
Multi-Disciplinary Healthcare Team Approach to Help Prevent Falls-“CAPABLE”
CAPABLE Study results CAPABLE provides seniors living at home with occupational therapist intervention, nurse intervention along with safety and access to handyman services. The aim is to make the kinds of home modifications that will promote the...
Caregivers Creating a Safe Home for those with Dementia
Writer and Contributor: Holly Clark, First Care Dementia is something that many of us have been affected by. In fact, it is now the biggest cause of death for women. However, there is still a lack of awareness of the illness. The project coordinator at...
16 Tips for Reducing Fall Risk for Seniors
Article submitted by: Francesca Vogel, Home Care Assistance Falls can become increasingly common for seniors as they age. The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Report on Falls Prevention in Older Age states that “approximately 28-35% of people aged of 65...
Case Study – Lifts
One of our healthcare partners who is familiar with our “Rapid Ramp” program, referred us to this family to see if we could help them with a wheelchair ramp ASAP.