WeCare Home Assistants offers a Free Home Safety Check

WeCare Home Assistants provides a free Home Safety Check to seniors in the WeCare Home Assistants service area of Contra Costa and Alameda counties. This community service is a comprehensive checklist covering more than 50 areas of safety concern that will leave the homeowner or tenant with a list of recommended fixes or repairs to create a safer living environment.

There are many ways to improve the safety in the home, with the number one concern for seniors being ways to prevent falls. Falls are the number one cause of in-home accidents, with people aged 80 and older experiencing rates 20 times greater than their younger counterparts. Falls also account for significantly more visits to emergency departments than any other type of injury in the 65 or older age group.

Part of the problem is seniors not noticing, or overlooking, certain areas of maintenance in their home. This can be because of lack of consumer education, not knowing who to call or how much a repair will cost, or simply not noticing that something has deteriorated over time. For instance, older carpet may gradually become looser, creating a trip hazard. Or someone uses a broken nightstand to help them out of bed. Or they use a weakening towel rod, instead of a grab bar, to assist them off the toilet. Or they continue to use a broken cane or walker. The list of possible safety hazards is long.

The free Home Safety Check also covers areas, room-by-room, that might cause burns, fires or poisoning. Escape routes are checked (each room should have two), hot water temperature verified at 120 degrees and electrical cords examined. In all, between 100 and 200 items are noted with most of the fixes being simple and inexpensive.

This free community service is available to any senior homeowner or tenant in the WeCare Home Assistants East Bay service area by calling the WeCare Home Assistants corporate office at (925) 280-2800. (NOTE: this service is not yet available from the Sonoma county office.)

If you’d like to set up a Home Safety Check, fill out the short form below and we’ll contact you by phone for scheduling. Please verify your contact information before submitting.

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