Home Accessibility Articles
Hoyer Lift vs Ceiling Lift: A Guide to Safe Transfers
A Hoyer Lift is a brand of patient lift that has become a generalized term used in conversation – much like other trademarked brands like Frisbee, Thermos, and Escalator. Many professional caregi...
Stair Lift Manufacturers FAQ
This particular FAQ provides stair lift manufacturers names, locations, and other details for stair lifts, also called chair glides, chair lifts, or stairs elevators. Visit our home elevator page f...
Home Modifications: Top 4 Barriers for People with Disabilities
When contemplating home modifications for seniors, or home modifications for disabled people, the TOP 4 accessibility barriers faced are 1) the entrances and exits, 2) levels and stairs, 3) bathroo...
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...
How The American Rescue Funds Act Saves Medicaid Recipients Over $60K
From the American Rescue Funds Act inside the Medicaid benefit, we are seeing an additional $10K benefit (up to $24,000) per person. The key takeaway is that staying in one’s home saves over $60K a...
Are You Aging in Place on Your Terms?
While your body and mind are changing as you age, so are your needs. As our population’s life expectancy extends, it can be difficult to accept that changes that are occurring for you both mentally...
The Signs That Your Aging Parents Need Help in Their Home
Aging is normal, and at some point, all parents will need a little help. For aging parents living alone in their home, changes in circumstance can happen slowly over time, or unexpectedly. There ar...
4 Tips to Winterize an Aluminum Handicap Ramp
When cold weather, snow and ice hit, the surface of an aluminum handicap ramp can feel like a skating rink. In order to prevent slips and falls during the winter, and to get the most out of a modul...
Handicap Ramps: Winter Safety Tips
As the temperature dips and light dustings of snow hit the ground, many who rely on handicap ramps to enter their home have begin to worry about how to stay safe when snow and ice begin to collect ...
Residential Elevators Cost and 5 Other Factors to Consider
Residential elevators can be a perfect solution, if accessibility and mobility in your home is a challenge. As the footprint of a residential elevator has decreased over the years, more seniors, e...
Inclined Platform Lift – Access Without Transfers
Why an Inclined Platform Lift? Stairs in the home make it impossible for those who rely on a wheelchair to access these areas without some form of assistance. For many wheelchair users adding an el...
SureHands Ceiling Lift System is 5-Star Genius
Ceiling Lifts system by SureHands uses a wide range of options which can restore independence and increase accessibility throughout a home. These lifts provide customizable solutions that will allo...
6 Home Mobility Aids You May Have Never Heard Of
When moving about the home becomes difficult, whether it be from a change in circumstance, or as one ages, there are plenty of home modifications and specialized mobility equipment options to chose...
5 Case Studies of Home Accessibility Solutions
Take a look at the following home accessibility solutions that sparked happiness from our clients, and let’s celebrate these families’ stories and lives. 1. Modular Wheelchair Ramp Installed in a G...
3 Benefits of Adaptive Equipment Over Home Modifications
Adaptive equipment or home modifications / remodeling – which is the best solution for people struggling with mobility in and around the home? When making a home accessible, our team helps client...
The Home Safety Guide for Seniors
Most seniors want to age in place in their homes, well past retirement and into their golden years, and with a bit of help, they can. When circumstances change, specifically in the areas of mobilit...
2022 Chair Lift Pricing Explained
Chair lift pricing varies by model, features, the type of stairs you have – straight, curved, L-shaped – your specific needs, where you are located and shipping requirements. Here are some go...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Art of Toileting: 4 Steps for Seniors, the Disabled, Handicap
Dale is a senior that is wheelchair bound and will soon be discharged from the hospital. He doesn’t have a lot of support at home, and because of his disability, his immediate concern is not being ...
Adapted Home for Veteran Made Possible via VA SAH Grant
Charlie, an Army Veteran, can still walk to a certain degree, but he knows that his ALS will one day limit his mobility. His balance is already off, and the risk of falling grows by the day. Workin...
10 Tips for ALS Home Modifications and Adaptive Equipment
The early signs of ALS are when muscle cramps and twitching, weakness in hands, legs or ankles or difficulty speaking or swallowing begin. Loss of movement follows, and then moving around the home ...
FREE Fall Prevention and Risk Assessment Tool
Does falling in your home worry you? Every year, for people over 65 in the U.S.: 1 in 3 will have a fall 1 out 5 falls will cause a serious injury such as broken bones or a head injury Falls are th...
Top 10 Bathroom Improvement Ideas for Accessibility
Home improvement is synonymous with spring cleaning, and for the mobility-challenged, a bathroom remodel is an ideal project to enhance the beauty, comfort, accessibility and safety of a home. Here...
Social Worker Spotlight: Generations Strong
The official theme for Social Work Month in March 2020 is “Social Workers: Generations Strong.” Celebrated each March, National Professional Social Work Month is an opportunity for social workers...
Accessible Systems Designated Essential and is Operating Full Time
With many states, including Colorado, Texas and Utah, under Stay-at-Home orders, Accessible Systems has been designated “Essential” based on the criteria below. We are operating at full strength AN...
Homemade Face Masks Donated to CNAs in Utah
Be relevant. Be human. Be real. This was the key take-away following a company briefing advising that Accessible Systems would remain operational, albeit under stricter safety protocols, and is dee...
Safety is Our Top Priority: COVID-19 Compliance
January, 19, 2020 update: Accessible Systems is a 5-Star approved facility for COVID-19 compliance. This continues our efforts to keep our customers and staff safe. See the Certificate >> The imp...
What to Expect During a Virtual Home Accessibility Evaluation
Like many of you at home, Accessible Systems (ASI) has also had to adjust its work culture in light of the coronavirus COVID-19 preventative measures implemented by federal and state governments. E...
MobilityWorks Acquires Freedom Mobility in Englewood, Colorado
MobilityWorks®, the nation’s largest retailer of wheelchair accessible vans, is adding 1 new location with the acquisition of Freedom Mobility in Englewood, CO. The acquisition will be the first s...
5 Unbelievable Home Accessibility Fails
As we work with homeowners with physical disabilities, we see many accessibility fails that were made by contractors or other companies that just don’t meet ADA requirements. Some of these mobility...
Door Widening for Accessibility
When most people think about making a home accessible, they think about ramps, stairlifts, ceiling lifts, and wheelchair lifts. However, one of the most significant barriers to accessibility in th...
What to Expect During a Home Accessibility Evaluation
When you or a loved one call Accessible Systems for a home evaluation we know that you’ve done your research and chosen our company for our experience or that perhaps we were recommended to you by ...
10 Contractor Tips for Your Bathroom Remodel
A complete bathroom remodel is anything but a small project. Whether you are choosing to upgrade your bathroom for aesthetic reasons or to increase your home’s value, there are some crucial element...
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Accessibility
March is brain injury awareness month. For those care for those who have suffered a brain injury or those who live with brain injuries every day, it’s no surprise that mobility is often impacted by...
Colorado Home Modification Tax Credit
The State of Colorado has created a tax credit with the vision that individuals with an illness or disability wouldn’t be deterred from retrofitting their residence for health, welfare or safety re...
Ensight Skills Center
Ensight Skills Center is a nationally-accredited low-vision nonprofit organization in Colorado. Ensight provides eye doctor evaluations, occupational therapy, training, assistive technology, and su...
Outdoor Stairlifts: A Different Approach to Accessibility
When we say stairlift, most people automatically think of their stairs inside their home. Everyone can see a mental picture of a person safely riding a stairlift down steep basement stairs or up a ...
Do You or a Loved One Freeze While Walking?
The U-Step 2 Walking Stabilizer was designed specifically for those with neurological conditions. Using a patented U-shaped base, the U-Step is ultrastable and offers users advanced control, stabil...
Pristine Home Health Care
Pristine Home Healthcare was founded on the core beliefs that everybody deserves to have a second chance at independence after a life event. We do this because when the owner, Kodi Marley, was inju...
It’s Not for Me
We hear it all the time in our showhome, at our in-services and our booths at community events – “We’re not ready, yet.” or “That’s not for me.”. The truth of the matter is that many people associa...
How to Buy an Accessible Home
If you or someone you love has recently become disabled or has been diagnosed with an illness which will change their mobility needs you have probably begun to think about your home. For many, stay...
Making Your Kitchen Accessible
With more than 30 million Americans relying on wheelchairs to move throughout their lives, the need for accessibility at home continues to grow. Making the entrance to your home accessible and your...
Bathroom Safety Tips
Did you know that more than 235,000 Americans visit the emergency room each year with injuries related to falls in their bathroom? The bathroom is known as the most dangerous room in your home and ...
Granny Pods Could Be The Solution to Nursing Homes
When we are kids, we rely on our parents for everything from food and shelter to emotional support and care. But time doesn’t stop for anyone, and it comes a time when we have to return the favor...
Dressing with Disabilities
Trendy, Fashionable Clothes for People with Disabilities Most people are fairly concerned about their outward appearances. We frequently hear in the home-modification business that they “don’t ...
Colorado Medicaid Gets Approval to Raise Home Modification Cap to $14,000
As of February 1, Colorado Medicaid can approve up to $14,000 for Medicaid Home Modification. This has been a 2 year journey and the Federal Government has finally approved this increase. The Sta...
Continuing Education Courses for Colorado Occupational Therapists (OT CEU) OTAC
Look & Learn in Colorado’s Only Adapted Home: Patient Handling with Lift and Transfer Systems Accessible Systems: 3025 W. Jefferson Ave, Englewood, CO 80110 Thursday, June 23rd from 4:30-6:30p.m...
The Skinny Part of a Bathroom: Roll in Shower Chair Use
When trying to make an accessible bathroom, what is the Skinny Part of the bathroom where a wheelchair or walker will have the most trouble? Almost 80% of bathroom are the same size with a similar ...
Medicaid and Home Modifications
What is the difference between Community Centered Boards and Single Entry Points for Colorado Medicaid? For more than four decades, Community Centered Boards (CCBs) have managed and delivered ser...
New Product Showcase 2016
New Product Showcase 2016 Showerbuddy SB6 -300lb weight capacity – Rolls over standard toilets -Removable/lockable/flip-back arms -adjustable height -24inch self-propel wheels Graphite Fiber Light ...
Through-the-Floor Home Elevator
A New Kind of Home Elevator How do you define Independence? When did you first feel independent? For Jesse, a 13 year old young man, growing up means completing his large stack of homework, k...
Homes for Our Troops
Accessible Systems of Northern Colorado had the privilege of installing a ceiling lift for Cpl. Jason Hallett, who was provided a home from the Homes For Our Troops organization. Read More about Ja...
Wheelchair Accessible Home for ALS Veteran
After being diagnosed with ALS, Larry chose to prepare his home to accommodate his FUTURE accessibility needs. The key word is FUTURE. Learning of the diagnosis was not easy, yet he has accepted it...
Bathroom Remodel Cost vs. Value Report for the Mountain Area and Colorado
Remodeling Magazine (www.remodeling.hw.net) has released its Remodeling Cost vs. Value Report. This report measured with Mid Level remodel projects and standard fixtures including Bathroom Remod...
Home Accessibility Gets Personal
Home Accessibility Gets Personal Why should we care about home accessibility? For me, it gets personal. When my family heard about the accident that happened to one of our own, we didn’t know wh...
Educational Inservice Download – Therapist 2013
Here are the current educational seminar that we provide for therapists in 2013. This presentation includes adapted houses in multimedia with lots of before/after pictures. Click below for the...
Why Professionals Refer To Us
Thanks to our fantastic, dedicated professionals who refer to Accessible Systems. Our best referral sources refer to us because: We genuinely care about the needs of our customers and are dedicat...
Giving Back: Accessible Systems provides a big lift (Home Builders Foundation)
Home Builders Foundation helps Littleton woman with multiple sclerosis make her home more navigable By Ramsey Scott Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at 6:09 pm (Updated: January 25, 11:39 am) The house h...
The March Towards Fairness- Finding Accessible Property
The March Towards Fairness- Finding Accessible Property Say you’ve got a client who wants a home with a formal dining room, gas fireplace, two-car garage, and finished basement. That’s easy: Th...
