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The Santa Clara County Fall Prevention Task Force issued a "Sit to Stand Challenge" in support of National Fall Prevention Awareness Week. The challenge required participants to video tape themselves standing up from the seated position as many times as possible in a...

Download “Want to Age in Place? Don’t Fall!” by Martin Simenc, published in Active Over 50 Magazine.

In support of National Fall Prevention Day (September 22) - the first day of the fall season), Home Safety Services is partnering with two local agencies to make safety modifications for two local residents. In collaboration with Life Elder Care, in Fremont, a...

A wide variety of health care executives gathered in San Francisco hear of innovations to improve care transitions (e.g. acute to post acute to residential care). Presenters included Gray Miller, Cofounder and CEO of Titanium Healthcare; Ryan Iwamoto, Co-Founder of...

A report issued by the Bipartisan Policy Center analyzed alternatives for reducing medicare costs for it's high-need, high-risk patients, specifically those "who are not dual eligible for full Medicaid benefits, reside in the community setting, have three or more...

HR1780 is a milestone for home modifications.  The act, now introduced for the second time, would allow for a $30,000 tax credit to seniors who invest in qualifying safety and accessibility related modifications to their homes.  The hope is that by giving a tax...

This couple came to us wanting to modify their home aesthetically and yet enable them to “age in place” safely. The husband was already experiencing mobility issues and wanted safer access to their beautiful back yard.

In conjunction with National Fall Prevention Week, Home Safety Services of Foster City, California, partnered with the San Mateo County Fall Prevention Task Force and the local Rebuilding Together affiliate to perform senior home safety modifications for three low...

Martin Simenc, President of Home Safety Services, was invited to present a Home Modifications Industry Outlook at this year's Senior Injury Prevention Project Conference held in Emeryville, California. The 300+ attendees heard an optimistic outlook for the rapidly...