Home Safety Assessments
Are you concerned about home safety for yourself or an aging parent? Many seniors are choosing to age in place and while it can present many challenges, there are resources available to ensure that they can remain living safely in their home.
Preserve your family’s quality of life and peace of mind, and maintain your parent’s safety, dignity, and independence through professional support from an Aging in Place Specialist.
People want to age in their own homes. Unfortunately, homes in the northeast were generally not designed with aging in mind and familiarity with the layout of the house over many years is not always adequate for aging bodies.
We can help make a difference in your life or the life of your loved ones through caring, supportive service that is respectful of client dignity and the concerns of adult children. Our objective is to advise aging individuals, or any older adult planning or considering renovating a home, about home safety, taking specific health, age, and environmental factors into account. Positive Living Solutions offers expertise in home safety and modification to guide you or your loved one through the aging-in-place process.
Home Safety Assessments
Seniors want to age in place and with the right modifications to their home. This can be a reality. But before you work with a contractor, start with a thorough home safety assessment.
Having lived in our home for 40 years, but not yet ready to leave it, we consulted with Positive Living Solutions for suggestions how to make our home safer for us. Using their training and experience, they helped us evaluate the areas that could be modified and provided the names of providers who could carry out the work. The modifications were handled efficiently and in a manner that improves the safety of the home without sacrificing the aesthetics of the architecture. We will rely on Positive Living Solutions to help guide us when we need further adjustments. They are a marvelous resource and we recommend them most highly.
Peter & Barbara
Newton, MA
I so appreciated your professional eyes on the safety of my home. Besides being 75, I’ve been diagnosed with CIDP where symptoms are similar to MS. So the full home safety check is even more important. You were thorough. I was in pretty good shape, but you made some suggestions that I never would have thought of. I’m so glad you checked out my full home and I feel safe and comfortable here.
Ginny M.
Waltham, MA
Positive Living Solutions did a very thorough assessment of our house to understand all the factors that could potentially cause my father to fall. They talked to him and my mother, inspected all the places he usually moves and pointed out immediate things we could do and also longer term issues. They also gave me the name of a contractor who could help make some of the modifications. Thank you!
Imran S.
Belmont, MA
We discovered Positive Living Solutions LLC while doing research to help some close family of ours who had some recent health related events. They performed a complete home assessment and modification plan. This included a detailed report noting findings based on their expertise and training in Gerontology, Aging in Place, and Home Modification and methods such as universal design. This was supported by their HCPs including OT/PT/nursing. Areas of change included ergonomics/environment such as a stair lift, grab bars, single floor living, footwear, mobility devices such as walkers. They delivered the advice with humor and emotional intelligence which improved user acceptance. The end result was a reduction in risk of falls and other accidents and improved health markers and the family member said they found this very helpful.
Tim B.
Sherborn MA (Home Assessment in Brookline MA)
