Posts Tagged ‘home modifications’
Is Staying In Your Home Right For You?
Our older community members are sometimes faced with choosing between leaving a home that they’ve lived in for years and moving to an assisted living facility or staying in the home they love and making proper modifications to make it safe and livable. We’ve helped many of our neighbors add accessibility aides and other tools…
Read MoreOakley Home Access Provides Home Modifications for All
Oakley Home Access specializes in providing solutions to help individuals age in place, and live independent lives in their home for as long as possible. We offer a range of products and services to support this goal, such as grab bars, stairlifts, ramps, and bathroom modifications. These home modifications can make daily tasks easier for…
Read MoreFunding for Your Home Modifications
When our assessment team concludes a Free Home Safety Assessment, the most frequently asked question is “How am I going to pay for these things?” Healthcare is an extremely expensive process, from hospital and rehab stays, to paying for private nursing care. Our team invests time every week to search for available funding programs…
Read MoreBathroom Safety Updates from Oakley Home Access
One of the most dangerous areas of the home for older adults is in the bathroom. Many factors lead into this data, but research shows that making modifications to your bathroom can greatly reduce the risk of falls. Oakley Home Access specializes in conservative, affordable, and efficient bathroom modifications, and in this month’s blog we…
Read MoreFunding Sources For Your Home Modification
A recent article has suggested that 87% of RI Nursing Homes might be at risk of closing. This sobering and scary prediction has sent ripples of concern throughout the state. Thankfully, Oakley Home Access is committed to helping our community learn more about ways to Age In Place and stay safely in their homes. Home…
Read MoreOT Month & Where To Start With Home Modifications
April is National Occupational Therapy Appreciation Month. In appreciation, we want to highlight our three occupational therapists as well as all of our OT partners out in the community working to keep clients safe at home. Occupational Therapists are experts of the human body and the way in which we interact with an environment. From…
Read MoreOakley Home Access: A Year In Review
As 2021 comes to a close, Oakley Home Access is proud of the work we have done in our communities this year. We continued to stay true to our mission of Maximizing Mobility and assisting our communities with Aging in Place. Our front office and outreach team continues to work closely with our community partners…
Read MoreSuperPole: Helping to Prevent Falls
Oakley Home Access’s mission is to help older adults and those with mobility impairments age in place, increase accessibility, and prevent falls. Fall Prevention Week is a wonderful time to showcase one of our most commonly installed items, the SuperPole, a tool that can help prevent falls and increase stability. What Is The SuperPole? The…
Read MoreHome Modification Funding Options
It has been some time since we updated our blog on funding options for those who need home modifications. Once Oakley Home Access performs our Free Home Safety Assessment to determine the proper modifications for each individual, we are often asked about funding to make these modifications a reality. There are several different funding options…
Read MoreRhode Island Home Modification Funding Sources
Once Oakley Home Access does our home assessment and determines the proper modifications for each individual person, the question we are asked most frequently is, “How can we pay for these modifications?” Thankfully there are several different funding sources for most people to consider if they are not able to pay out of pocket. Home modifications and…
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