AGING IN PLACE
Aging in Place Modifications, including Assistive technology are home adaptations designed to help older adults live safely, independently, and comfortably in their own homes as they age. These modifications reduce hazards, improve accessibility, and support mobility so people can remain in familiar surroundings rather than moving to assisted living or residential care.
OUR ACCREDITED DISABLED ACCESS & TOWN PLANNING CONSULTANTS PROVIDE OVERSIGHT TO ALL OUR CLIENT’S NEEDS.
The benefits of aging in place are to enable seniors to remain at home longer, maintaining autonomy and quality of life.
The benefits include:
• Increased safety and reduced fall risk
• Improved mobility and accessibility
• Enhanced confidence in performing daily activities
• Ability to stay in a familiar, emotionally comforting environment
• Often lower cost compared to residential aged-care options
Home modification services are designed to help people live with confidence, independence, and peace. Every detail from the spaces we create to the care we provide is shaped by a commitment to enduring wellbeing.
Aging in Place modifications includes designing, building, and retrofitting environments specifically for older adults with physical, sensory, or cognitive impairments. While standard “aging-in-place” modifications prepare a home for general aging, with our Accredited Access staff, we creates specialised, spaces for seniors navigating strict limitations like full-time wheelchair use, profound vision loss, or advanced paralysis.
CORE PRODUCT & SERVICE OFFERINGS
• Development Approvals: Where required our Disabled Access & Town Planning Consultants ensure all proposed modifications meet Local, state and Federal government pathways.
• Complex Architectural Modifications: These modifications include Installing fully integrated residential elevators, heavy-duty ceiling track hoist systems, and completely removing threshold steps for seamless wheeled transitions.
• Accessible Bathroom Wet Rooms: Designing open-plan, barrier-free roll-in showers with integrated fold-down seating, thermostatic anti-scald mixers, and height-adjustable sinks.
• Assistive Smart Home Integration: Implementing voice-activated or eyegaze control systems that allow seniors with limited mobility to operate lights, doors, climate, and emergency alerts independently.
• Outdoor and Vehicle Accessibility: Constructing custom, code-compliant modular ramping, vertical platform lifts, and dedicated accessible vehicle parking or carport extensions.
Aging‑in‑Place Modifications range from simple safety upgrades to major structural adaptations, such as:
• Grab rails, handheld showers, and non‑slip flooring to improve stability and reduce fall risk.
• Ramps, stair lifts, and level‑access entries to improve access for those with mobility limitations.
• Accessible bathrooms with walk‑in showers, raised toilets, and wider doorways.
• Kitchen adaptations like lowered benches, easy‑grip handles, and improved lighting.
• Smart-home technology, including monitoring systems, fall‑detection devices, and voice‑activated controls
ALL TO THE NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION CODE (BCA) AND ACCESS STANDARDS.
Assistive technology products and equipment that help make tasks easier and safer. It can also help you keep doing activities independently, such as:
• equipment to help you move around such as wheelchairs, walking frames, or walking sticks
• toileting supports such as bedpans and commodes
• bathing devices, including shower chairs and bath boards
• alternative and augmentative communication products
• products used for preparing and eating food, such as adaptive cutting boards, or modified cutlery.
The Assistive Technology and Home Modifications (AT-HM) Scheme funding is available through the Support at Commonwealth Home program, to buy equipment or products to help you with everyday activities. It also covers modifications to your home to make it safer and more accessible.
Let us partner with you
Our expert disability access consultants have years of industry experience offering achievable disabled access solutions for our clients. We are well versed in what’s required by legislation to ensure equal access to built environments.
Contact our disability access consultants team today to start the conversation.