Home Accessibility Blog
4 Intuitive Garage Stairs Ideas to Help You Adapt to Change
The first step through the door from the house into the garage is often the most disorienting and dangerous aspect of exiting a home. In homes with this type of design, the following 4 garage stair...
How to Save Money with a Sales Tax Exemption for Home Medical Equipment
Because home accessibility is so important to healthy living, many states provide a sales tax exemption for durable medical equipment including stair lifts, wheelchair ramps, wheelchair lifts, over...
Wheelchair Lift vs Modular Wheelchair Ramp: What’s Right for You?
Both a vertical platform lift (VPL) and a modular wheelchair ramp are ideal solutions that grant a user home accessibility. There are various factors to consider between these two durable medical e...
Bruno Stair Lift Works During Massive Texas Power Outage
Much of Texas is facing the biggest power outage in the state’s history in over 40 years. Texans are battling freezing temperatures and we’ve heard stories of some people stepping into their cars f...
Do Stair Lifts Damage Stairs or the Wall?
Many people with physical disabilities or mobility challenges hesitate installing a stair lift because they think stair lifts damage stairs or the wall in their home. There is a myth that stair lif...
Home Safety Tips for Seniors Aging in Place
Accessible Systems was featured on Colorado’s Best TV show, alongside SeniorCareKelly, to discuss how to make a home safe for today’s seniors. They also discussed the trend that more seniors are ch...
Making a Home Handicap Accessible: Garage Steps
One common way to make a home handicap accessible is by overcoming the steps at the garage entrance. Steps are an accessibility barrier that are typically made of concrete or wood, and railings are...
Universal Design Vs. Accessible Design: What is the Difference?
Great design should be part of every home, and two schools of thought have emerged. Everybody is talking about Universal Design, which is changing both commercial and residential construction for t...
Why Choose a Bruno Stair Lift Installation by Accessible Systems?
As we age, our flexibility, balance, and mobility change. The National Safety Council estimates that more than one million injuries occur each year as a result of falls on stairways. Even using a s...
Hospital to Home Safely: Live Adapted Show Home Webinars
A Monthly Live Webinar for Frontline Workers Involved in the Hospital Discharge Process They are coming home. Now what? Whether the stay at rehab or the hospital was expected or due to an emergency...