Path 01 · Home Safety & Aging in Place
Home Safety & Aging in Place
Home safety assessments and personalized referrals to screened contractors for accessibility upgrades, repairs, and modifications. With MHIC licensure and CAPS and SHSS certifications, we understand what it takes to make homes safer, more accessible, and functional.
What This Path Is
Staying home is the right choice for many families, but only when the home is actually safe. This path starts with a professional home safety assessment under CAPS (Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist) and SHSS (Senior Home Safety Specialist) method. It ends with a home that has been repaired, modified, and prepared for the person living in it.
The work is performed under the Maryland Home Improvement Commission contractor license MHIC #155639, so every repair and modification is licensed, insured, and documented for the record. Nothing is improvised, and nothing is sold that the assessment does not support.
What We Do · Four Services
Four services, one goal: a home that is safe to stay in
Home safety assessments
A clinical audit of the home against the care plan, under CAPS and SHSS method: falls risk, bathroom safety, stairs, lighting, medication safety, and emergency access.
Learn moreSenior-focused repairs
The repairs that make a home safe come first: fixing trip hazards, adding secure handholds, improving lighting, and removing the small risks that cause falls.
Learn moreFall prevention
Falls are the leading cause of injury for older adults. We assess the risk, remove the hazards, and give the family a written fall-prevention checklist to keep.
Learn moreAccessibility modifications
Grab bars, ramps, stairlifts, and bathroom retrofits, designed from the assessment and performed under MHIC #155639. Licensed, insured, and documented.
Learn moreCredentials · Why It Matters
Safety work is licensed work
A grab bar that pulls out of the wall is worse than no grab bar at all. Every assessment is performed under CAPS and SHSS method, and every repair and modification is performed under the Maryland Home Improvement Commission contractor license MHIC #155639, held by the principal.
- CAPS certified. Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist, home safety assessment and modification planning.
- SHSS certified. Senior Home Safety Specialist, falls prevention and clinical home safety.
- MHIC licensed. Maryland Home Improvement Commission contractor license #155639 for structural accessibility work.
Who This Path Fits
This path fits families who have decided, or are close to deciding, that staying home is the goal. It also fits families who are not sure yet: a professional assessment often answers the Stay vs. Move question by showing exactly what staying would require.
- After a fall or a near-fall at home
- Before or after a hospital discharge
- When stairs, bathrooms, or lighting worry the family
- When a doctor or therapist recommends home modifications
Guides & Checklists
Resources for this path
Fall Prevention Checklist
A room-by-room checklist for making the home safer, with CDC references.
OpenTransition Timeline Planner
A week-by-week planner for any senior transition, including home safety work.
OpenWhere to Go Next
Not sure which path fits? Start here and we will point you the right way.
OpenIs the family home safe enough to stay in?
A professional home safety assessment answers that question with evidence, not guesswork. Start with the needs assessment, or talk to us directly.