Sometimes a few adjustments around the house can make all the difference to help you live safely and independently. Sometimes by adding hand rails or ramps, widening doorways, changing doorknobs or repositioning furniture, your day-to-day life can be vastly improved.
Whether you are planning ahead for your future needs or have a new walker or wheelchair to accommodate now in your home, give us a call to plan out what home modifications might be needed.
Often a few home modifications can make a big improvement your everyday life. White Oak’s allied health professionals are here to help you be your best at home, safely and confidently.
Our caring team can provide you with a complete home safety assessment that focuses on your individual needs and priorities. By gaining an understanding of the types of services or support you need, we can make your day-to-day life easier by providing equipment (portable or fixed) and tailoring solutions to your individual environment.
Our priority is helping you remain active, safe and independent in your home and your community.
Home modifications for the elderly can include the following items:
Find out more about how to apply for an assessment.
Often small adjustments can make a big difference to your day-to-day life. The addition of handrails, simple ramps and repositioning furniture can make your home much safer and easier to move around.
You may not need to make extensive changes, but you may be able to improve the safety of your home by making small changes to the furniture.
For example, if your bed is too high to get into comfortably, we choose a new one that will work for you. Or you might have difficulty making a double bed, but if we replaced this with a single bed for you it would be a lot easier for you to manage on your own.
We could also assist you to choose a comfortable recliner to use each day that is comfortable and suited to your needs. You might find it more comfortable to keep your feet elevated, and there are chairs that can assist you to get up and sit down much easier.
Where a more extensive renovation is required, we can assist you with what the next steps will be to address these needs.
You do not need to commit yourself to anything beyond the one-off service, just book us in whenever you would like some assistance or schedule in advance if you would prefer, or even just to do an assessment of your home and how it could better work for you.
Anyone can access our services, either through a government-funded package, or privately. At White Oak, you can book your own services – your week, your way.
We charge an hourly rate, book in blocks of thirty minutes, and can also arrange this as part of a structured weekly program if there are other needs that you would like assistance with as well. Our staff all have current and clear national police clearances and are experienced in providing home maintenance services, and if additional expertise is required from a trade them we will contract to services that we trust to do the work for a fair price.
Home care package clients:
If you have a home care package, we can make home modifications a part of your budget through the funds available to you in your package. If you are with another provider, then we can work with them to ensure that you get this service within your package funds.
Veterans:
We can assist you with some minor maintenance round your home as part of the Veterans’ Home Care program where it will improve your safety living in your home as long as possible, and depending on your modifications and what this involves we may be able to assist under this provision if it is needed.
Contact us to discuss how you can get started with our home modification service.