Richard Acree is a certified aging-in-place specialist (CAPS). CAPS is a residential accessibility services credential certified by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) that offers principles to improve safety and accessibility in your home, regardless of your age or physical condition. Call Richard at 615-752-0060 for additional information.
Read MoreThe Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) offers multiple programs to assist Tennessee homeowners with home modifications to increase safety, livability, and visitability. This article is about the TN Home Weatherization Assistance Program. Improving home weatherization will make a home more livable and visitable. Improving home weatherization will reduce the cost of home ownership, which increases the opportunity for individuals to live in their homes longer. Aging-in-place concepts include improving home weatherization to make the home more livable and visitable.
Read MoreThe Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) offers multiple programs to assist Tennessee homeowners with home modifications to increase safety, livability, and visitability. This article is about the Home Modifications and Ramps Program, which is administered by United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) of Middle Tennessee. UCP builds ramps and coordinates state-wide construction of wheelchair ramps for individuals with mobility disabilities whose homes are without proper accessibility.
Read MoreThe THDA offers the Emergency Repair Program (ERP) to allocate funds to make essential home repairs for elderly or disabled homeowners in TN. The ERP corrects, repairs, or replaces an essential system and/or critical structural problem for low-income homeowners who are age 60 and older or persons with a disability.
Read MoreLowe’s offers sit to stand toilets as an option for aging-in-place bathroom installations as part of the Lowe’s website Livable Home. When shopping for a sit-to-stand toilet, make sure it is described as “ADA Compliant” and that the seat height above the floor is between 17-19 inches. A safer and more accessible home should include aging-in-place considerations, such as sit-to-stand toilets.
Read MoreBed Standers are devices designed to assist people when getting in or out of bed. Some bed railings also work as bed standers. These devices can be part of aging-in-place home modifications. There are many different types of bed standers. Richard Acree offers aging-in-place planning services. Please call 615-752-0060.
Read MoreLowe’s is launching Livable Home, an initiative to provide products, services and expertise to help seniors age at home. Lowe’s said it will offer a wide variety of products, services and expertise geared for older customers in collaboration with nonprofit AARP. Livable Home is a dedicated website containing articles and videos focused on age-friendly design.
Read MoreThe United States entered into a settlement agreement with the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to resolve a complaint alleging that Maine’s restrictions on services placed a young man with intellectual disabilities at serious risk of having to move from his own home to a group home or institution.
Read MoreThe number of Americans age 65 and older continues to increase and is projected to reach 81 million by 2040. Approximately half of Americans age 65 and older live in only 9 states. The most common disability reported by those age 65 and older is limited mobility. A Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS) can help with the design and installation of aging-in-place home modifications for people who prefer to remain in their homes longer.
Read MoreDon Harris, TN Housing Program Director, recently announced the Single Family Housing Repair Loans & Grant, also known as the Section 504 Home Repair Federal Grant Program, that provides loans to very-low-income homeowners to repair, improve, or modernize their homes or, provides grants to elderly very-low-income homeowners to remove health and safety hazards.
Read MoreRichard Acree, a Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS) home modifications consultant at ADA Inspections Nationwide, LLC, (ADAIN) has joined the Tennessee Disability Pathfinder resource directory. The services provided by ADAIN include ADA Information/Assistance and Home Rehabilitation/Repair Service.
Read MoreThe Department of Justice (DOJ) clearly states civil rights must not be waived in a disaster including pandemics. This deadly discrimination ignores civil rights protections for millions of disabled people.
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