Foundations for Home Modifications and the Role of Rehab Clinicals
- State of the market
- Needs assessment
- Role of therapists: PT/OT/SLP
- Getting paid: How to bill for home safety assessment
- Considerations for Medicare
- Waiver programs
- Cash based
Home Safety Evaluation: A Guide to Decision Making
- PRAMPI Method
- Pre-assessment
- Risk
- Internal: age, motivation, buy-in
- External: thresholds, rise/run, lighting
- Ability – modifiable conditions and factors
- Medications
- Environment: rental vs owning
- Behaviors and performance patterns
- Money
- Assessing for every budget: low → high
- Funding sources
- Plan it out
- Design collaboration
- Beauty-marries-function
- Implementation
- Contractor and rehab role
Interventions: Specials Considerations for ADA vs. Home:
- Bathroom & kitchen: counter height, clearance, appliances, kick plate, turning radius, thresholds, electric
- Thresholds egress, entrance
- Ramps: strength, rise vs run, caregiver strength, weight/width, mobility devices
- Age tech options: Alexa, Dot, Ring, Monitoring Systems
Preparation & Design for Special Populations
- Aging market – urgent and non-urgent/progressive
- SCI
- TBI
- Neuropathy
- Dementia
- Fall risk
Before and After: Examples of Home Modifications
- Universal design
- Leveraging the community
- Assisting the self-sufficient client
Taking Home Mods to the Next Level
- Home Safety Certifications: HAST, CLIPPS, CAPS, ECHM, CHAMP, HMOTA
- Home accessibility assessments
- CCAP, I-HOPE, CASPR, HSST, COURGAR, Heap, Westmead, SAFER-home-3
Trending Topics
- Fall monitoring systems
- Auxiliary housing units
- Grab bar technology
- Rising toilet seats
- AGE tech