Martin Simenc, President of Home Safety Services, Inc., was honored to speak at the VGM Live at Home Building Opportunities Summit held in Kansas City, KA last week. His talk on the importance and effectiveness of stair railings in preventing elderly falls in...
Have you ever stumbled on the edge of a throw rug, or lost your balance standing? Perhaps you have stairs in your home that give you a case of nerves every time you have to navigate them. If you’ve ever fallen, tripped, or lost your balance and had to...
By Chuck Dinerstein, MD, MBA — March 23, 2021 It costs considerably more to live in an assisted-living setting than to remain at home. But our healthcare system frequently doesn’t address the changes to the “infrastructure” necessary to allow individuals to...
The Dignity at Home Fall Prevention program is an evidence-based program centered on helping seniors avoid falls and remain safely in their homes. The program focuses on education, community outreach, and injury prevention equipment and services. The program also...
Given the increased risks of Covid-19 in congregate living settings, more families are taking a second look at staying in their own homes and making some modifications to make it safe for them to do so. Technology solutions have largely solved the challenges...
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,...
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,...
