The Clarion County Area Agency on Aging assists with facilitating environmental modifications in older adults’ own homes and improving safety, sanitation, and adaptability of the home. The need for modification is determined by a care manager and a rehabilitation specialist.
The Philadelphia Corporation for Aging (PCA) Inc., the third largest Area Agency on Aging in the country, administers several home modification and repair programs. PCA’s history, reputation, and commitment to home modification for several decades has made it possible to develop programs with specific target populations and different types of services all under the auspices […]
It is designated state-level agencies that develop and administer state plans that advocate for and provide assistance, including home modifications or repairs, to older residents, their families, and adults with physical disabilities. SUAs administer funds, including Older Americans Act funds, which may be used to support home modification or repair services through local Area Agencies […]
The Minor Home Repair and Safety Program was developed to help homeowners sustain their efforts to care for themselves and/or a relative who resides in the home, by providing funds for the purchase of materials to assist in removing health and safety hazards and to provide nonstructural environmental modifications. The Minor Home Repair and Safety […]
Project VISION (Volunteers In Service In Our Neighborhoods) is a home repair initiative of the United Way of Aiken County, Inc. Home repairs are provided for low-income homeowners with disabilities or who are age 62 or older to improve their health and well-being. Types of repairs performed by skilled volunteers include: installation of wheelchair ramps, […]
The Home Services Program of the Albuquerque Area Agency on Aging provides individuals who are age 60 and older and live in Bernalillo County with a variety of home chores, minor home repair and home retrofit services. Services include annual yard cleaning, grab bars and other safety equipment installation, walker-steps or wheelchair ramp design and […]
It is designated state-level agencies that develop and administer state plans that advocate for and provide assistance, including home modifications or repairs, to older residents, their families, and adults with physical disabilities. SUAs administer funds, including Older Americans Act funds, which may be used to support home modification or repair services through local Area Agencies […]
The New York State Department of Health, Office of Aging and Long-Term Care, has launched a statewide initiative to expand access to the evidence-based CAPABLE program for low-income older adults. Organizations were selected through a competitive process to receive funding to deliver CAPABLE across multiple regions of the state over the next three years to […]
Along with the City of New York and the American Institute of Architects New York, the New York City Department of Aging created this comprehensive guidebook to address the safety and home environments of older tenants.
The Cortland County Area Agency on Aging’s Handyman Program provides minor home repairs and installs safety devices and equipment for income eligible homeowners age 60 years and older. They also have the “Make A Ramp” Program in which they purchase and own modular aluminum ramp systems that can be installed for short-term or long-term use […]