Assessment

Accessibility Assessment

How easily the home can actually be moved through and used, room by room, for someone using a cane or a walker or simply finding things harder to reach.

The person who does this work

Real, vetted professionals from right here in Metro Detroit. Tap a name to read their profile, or meet the whole team.

Clients who use a walker or a cane, or who expect to before long.

The request form is further down this page. Nothing is charged and nothing is committed.

SM Senior Home Services, what this assessment checks, Metro Detroit

What this assessment checks

Every point below is walked in person and written down. Nothing here is a phone call or a form.

01

Entry and exit access

  • Step-free access, or the barriers in the way
  • Handrails present and stable
  • Door width clearance
  • Doors that open easily
  • Threshold height
A building entrance with a long wheelchair ramp and metal handrails beside a short flight of steps
02

Interior mobility flow

  • Space between furniture
  • Clear walking paths
  • Turning radius for a walker or cane
  • Obstructions
  • Flooring that is easy to cross
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03

Bathroom accessibility

  • Toilet height
  • Grab bars present and correctly placed
  • Shower or tub easy to enter
  • Sink reachable
  • Room to turn around
SM Senior Home Services, bathroom accessibility, part of What this assessment checks
04

Bedroom accessibility

  • Bed height
  • A clear path to the bathroom
  • Lighting reachable from the bed
  • Storage within reach
SM Senior Home Services, bedroom accessibility, part of What this assessment checks
05

Kitchen accessibility

  • Everyday items within reach
  • Counter and workspace usable
  • Appliances reachable
  • Safe movement while cooking
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06

Daily use items

  • Light switches reachable
  • Outlets reachable
  • Thermostat reachable
  • Phone or emergency device reachable
SM Senior Home Services, daily use items, part of What this assessment checks
07

How the home is actually used, nothing medical

  • Moving through the home comfortably
  • Rooms being avoided
  • Daily tasks that the layout makes harder

What you get at the end

A low, moderate or high rating, immediate fixes, watch items, and photographs of the entry barrier, the pathway issue, the bathroom limitation, the bedroom or kitchen limitation, and the main accessibility concern.

Bundles that include this assessment

Booking more than one assessment on the same visit is usually the reason people bundle. Each bundle below already contains this assessment, so choosing a bundle covers it. You are never asked to pay for the same assessment twice, and you can request a whole bundle from the form on this page.

Access and Mobility

Built around getting around the house. Accessibility, fall risk and everyday safety together.

This bundle already includes the Accessibility Assessment. Ask for the bundle and that is covered, so it is never charged twice.

Request the Access and Mobility bundle

Full Adaptive Living

The complete aging-in-place review. Everything in Access and Mobility, plus the full ADA and adaptive living assessment and the whole-property safety sweep.

This bundle already includes the Accessibility Assessment. Ask for the bundle and that is covered, so it is never charged twice.

Request the Full Adaptive Living bundle

The other assessments

Request the Accessibility Assessment

Choose one. A bundle already includes this assessment, so picking the bundle covers it and you are never charged for the same visit twice. Leave it as it is if you would rather we advised you. We price it for you personally and nothing is charged here.

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Or call (313) 942-9788

Putting several different services together, not only assessments? The full quote builder opens with this assessment already ticked and lets you add everything else in one place. The short form above is here so that a single assessment never needs a second page.

Talk to a real person.

A leaky faucet, a fall risk, a check-in cadence to set up. One phone call gets you to a person who can actually help.

One quick check, so we know you are a person