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Home Safety Services Solves Urgent Accessibility Challenge
Our client urgently needed wheelchair access to and from his home as he continues his rehabilitation. Home Safety Services was out the next day to install a safe and temporary ramp solution out to his back patio from which he will be able...
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We're growing and hiring installers, drivers and admins in both our Burlingame and Sacramento locations. Please call Martin at 888-388-3811 to discuss and/or send a resume to info@homesafety.net. We offer great pay and benefits and the satisfaction of helping our...
The Problems with Aging at Home
By Chuck Dinerstein, MD, MBA — March 23, 2021 It costs considerably more to live in an assisted-living setting than to remain at home. But our healthcare system frequently doesn’t address the changes to the “infrastructure” necessary to allow individuals to...
Free Grab Bar Installations for Santa Clara South County Residents
According to the California Department of Health, there are over 420,786 annually reported falls throughout the state resulting in 348,946 patient emergency room visits. Falls continue to be one of the leading causes for deaths of individuals over the age of 65. The...
Marin Center for Independent Living Receives Grant to Provide Grab Bars for County Residents
According to the California Department of Health, there are over 420,786 reported falls throughout the state a year that results in 348,946 emergency room visits. Marin County’s latest falls data reveals that about one third of older adults in Marin reported falling...
Join Home Safety Services in supporting The Villages of San Mateo on Giving Tuesday!
Giving Tuesday: It started in 2012 and is now a global movement encouraging people to do good by giving, collaborating, and celebrating generosity. VSMC is participating for the first time by asking our extensive list of contacts to donate to good causes,...
Perfect from Top to Bottom!
We’re excited to announce that our exclusive Slide Track accessory is now available for our next-generation straight stairlift the Handicare 1100.The Slide Track is ideal for hallways where access is required through doorways either at the top and/or bottom of the...
Expertise, Efficiency and Care vs DIY- A Client’s Perspective
I needed to install 2 grab bars in a tile shower on short notice, so I bought all the materials, drills, special bits, levels, stud finders, etc. And then fortunately I heard about Home Safety Services. So instead of ruining my shower tiles, I sent all the...
“I’m gonna take a shower today!”
Earlier this week Home Safety Services visited a veteran on behalf of the VA to provide a shower chair and grab bar. Upon assessing his situation, our technician recognized that a shower chair in his tub shower would still require him to step over the high lip of the...