One in four adults over 65 falls each year, and most falls happen at home — on a rug, a step, a dark hallway, a bathroom with nothing to hold. Describe the home, or the fall that already happened. You get the fix list in order: this weekend, this month, call someone.
Free walk
Room by room in your own words — floors, lighting, stairs, bathroom, bed height, where they've tripped. Or describe the fall.
Why this exists
The fixes are cheap and boring: a grab bar, a night light, a rug gone, a rail on the step. The hard part is knowing which ones matter for this house — that's what the walk does.
How it works
Room by room, in your own words. Mention the cane, the walker, the eyesight, the last fall.
This weekend (free or under $30), this month (grab bars, rails, lighting), and what to ask a professional or agency about.
A list to take to the hardware store, and the questions for the doctor, the Area Agency on Aging, or the landlord.
Plans
If you care for one parent, you never pay. If you care for forty residents, this is your move-in checklist with your name on it.
One membership unlocks every senior-protection tool — scam checks, Medicare and Social Security decoders, discharge appeals, care-contract checks — for your whole family. English and Spanish.
All prices in USD, handled by Stripe. The free walk never goes behind a paywall.
Common questions
Yes, Home Safety Walk is described as free to use, in English and Spanish. The material doesn't say whether the text you paste is saved, so if you're worried about privacy, leave out your parent's name or address when you describe the home or the fall.
You describe a parent's home room by room, or the fall that already happened, and you get a prioritized fall-risk fix list — split into what to change this weekend, what to buy and roughly what it costs, and what Medicare or a local agency may help with.
No. Home Safety Walk is a general guide based on CDC fall-prevention recommendations (CDC STEADI); it has not seen the home and can't assess it in person. For a hands-on look, an occupational-therapy home assessment — which Medicare may cover when ordered by a doctor — is the real inspection.
The tool tells you what Medicare or a local agency may help with, but it can't guarantee coverage. According to the material, Medicare may cover an occupational-therapy home assessment only when a doctor orders it, so confirm coverage with Medicare or the agency directly.
No. Home Safety Walk is informational only, based on public CDC fall-prevention guidance; it cannot assess a person's balance or medications. For balance problems, dizziness, or medication side effects, talk to their doctor or pharmacist.
Sí, Home Safety Walk se describe como gratuito, disponible en inglés y en español. El material no indica si el texto que usted pega se guarda, así que, si le preocupa la privacidad, le recomendamos no incluir el nombre ni la dirección de su familiar al describir la casa o la caída.
Usted describe la casa de un familiar cuarto por cuarto, o la caída que ya ocurrió, y recibe una lista priorizada de arreglos para reducir el riesgo de caídas — dividida en lo que puede cambiar este fin de semana, lo que debe comprar y su costo aproximado, y en qué puede ayudar Medicare o una agencia local.
No. Home Safety Walk es una guía general basada en las recomendaciones de prevención de caídas de los CDC (CDC STEADI); no ha visto la casa ni puede evaluarla en persona. Para una inspección real, una evaluación de terapia ocupacional en el hogar — que Medicare puede cubrir cuando la ordena un médico — es lo indicado.
La herramienta le indica en qué puede ayudar Medicare o una agencia local, pero no puede garantizar la cobertura. Según el material, Medicare puede cubrir una evaluación de terapia ocupacional en el hogar solo cuando la ordena un médico, así que confirme la cobertura directamente con Medicare o con la agencia.
No. Home Safety Walk es solo informativa, basada en la guía pública de prevención de caídas de los CDC; no puede evaluar el equilibrio ni los medicamentos de una persona. Si hay problemas de equilibrio, mareos o efectos secundarios de medicamentos, consulte con su médico o farmacéutico.
Built by the same team, free to try.