Objectives:
- Articulate the needs for and benefits of home accessibility and safety assessments
- Summarize the legal guidelines that may impact the delivery of these services and different modes of service delivery
- Determine which clients may be covered under their health insurance for these assessments
- Identify potential certifications for therapists in this practice area
- Determine how you can address accessibility and safety in your current or future practice setting
Outline:
Staying at home matters but can be difficult.
- Review of research about increasing #s of seniors and people with disabilities
- Desire to live at home
- Impact of living at home on quality of life etc
- Accessible housing in the USA
- Impact of falls
- Research related to efficacy of home assessments and home modifications
- Guidelines that impact practice
- AOTA guidance on home mods
- Ethics
- State practice acts/licensure laws
- Insurance vs. Cash Based & Medicare rules & LCDs
- Input from professional associations
- CDC STEADI Recommendations
- Understanding the role of the assistant in this practice
- Deciding on medical necessity
- Medically necessary services
- Preventive aging in place services
- Consultation with 3rd parties e.g. builders, family members
- Potential intervention processes
- DME only
- DME and client/caregiver training
- Architectural modifications
- Service delivery models
- Home health
- Outpatient
- Mobile outpatient
- Accessibility consultant
- Do you need advanced training & what do the certifications offer?
- Certified Living in Place Professional (CLIPP)
- Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS)
- Executive Certificate of Home Modification (ECHM)
- Senior Home Safety Specialist (SHSS)
- Home Accessibility and Safety Therapist (HAST)
- Defining your roles and market
- Starting a Home Modification business