Common Home Modifications

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  •      Changing doorknobs to levers
  •      Adding higher wattage lighting
  •      Grab bars for toilets and showers
  •      Removing clutter and throw rugs
  •      Ramps for wheelchairs and walkers
  •      Walk-in shower
  •      Lazy Susan for easier access
  •      Highlight changes in grade
  •      Repair cracks in walkways
  •      Widening of doorways
  •      Lowering doorway thresholds
  •      Leveling floors
  •      Install sliding and pull shelves
  •      Lowering counter tops
  •      Changing drawer pulls
  •      Raising toilet seat height

 

Key Risk Areas in a Home

  • Exterior walkways
  • Home doorway
  • Bathroom
  • Kitchen
  • Bedroom
  • Stairways and steps
  • Driveways & garage
  • Security systems

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I graduated in the early nineties during a recession and without much of a plan as to what to do next. Kinesiology was a fairly new concept to the working world (at least based on the reactions I got during the four years I was attending school by those who asked what I was studying?). Those classmates who took the degree to the next level; PT, OT, Medicine, Chiropractic Medicine or teaching ended up pretty successful…or so it seems on LinkedIn. I didn’t take it to the next level. I wanted to work. I had always worked at something. I loved those summer jobs of farming, landscaping, house painting, masonry…those physically demanding jobs that had a means to an end. You saw the results at the end of day. I guess I wanted to see that in a newfound professional career. I just really didn’t plan for it.