Home Modification and Repair includes adaptations to homes that can make it easier and safer to carry out activities such as bathing, cooking, and climbing stairs and alterations to the physical structure of the home to improve its overall safety and condition. Save 20% off Kenmore & Kenmore Elite Appliances, plus 10% off all other brands 5/4-5/10

Why Is Home Modification And Repair Important?
Home modification and repair can help prevent accidents such as falls. Research suggests that one-third to one-half of home accidents can be prevented by modification and repair.

Home modification and repair can allow people to remain in their homes. Older people tend to live in older homes that often need repairs and modifications. Over 60% of older persons live in homes more than 20 years old. Home modification and repair can accommodate lifestyle changes and increase comfort. Save up to 15% off Cash Back on all lighting & ceiling fans via mail-in rebate 5/4-5/10

Typical Problems:

* Difficulty getting in and out of the shower
* Slipping in the tub or shower
* Difficulty turning faucet handles/doorknobs
* Access to home
* Inadequate heating or ventilation
* Problems climbing staffs

Possible Solutions:

* Install grab bars, shower seals or transfer benches
* Place non-skid strips or decals in the tub or shower
* Replace with lever handles
* Install ramps
* Install insulation, storm windows and air conditioning
* Install handrails for support
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We celebrate older Americans and their families by praising their contributions to our country. We also celebrate and express our gratitude to the countless number of dedicated health and human service professionals, scientists and volunteers that work with or on behalf of elders in communities across the country every day.

As a nation we are beginning to experience in "real time" the aging of our population with the first wave of Baby Boomers beginning to turn 65 now and building the ranks of the 78 million Baby Boomers into the future. We have a unique opportunity to address these changing demographics and some of the solutions are right in front of us.

We need to listen to what older consumers and their families are telling us. We know that the overwhelming preference of the American people is to remain at home for as long as possible and to have the ability to choose where they live as they age. Making long-term care more person-centered and more responsive to the needs and preferences of the individual consumer has been at the top of my agenda.

Together with our aging network, we have developed a strategy to advance meaningful and important changes in health and long-term care, while reducing fiscal pressures on our nation and embedded those principles in the reauthorized Older Americans Act (OAA).