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Home Modifications Resources The NeighborWorks® network is a national network of 220 community-based organizations that helps low- and moderate-income families rent, purchase, and maintain safe, affordable homes. To locate NeighborWorks® network partner that might offer assistance with home modifications, visit www.nw.org and click on Network Directory. You can also try calling the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation at (202) 220-2300. Homes That Help: Advice From Caregivers For Creating A Supportive Home can be purchased for $17 from C.A.B.S.R. / New Jersey Institute of Technology, Room 312 Hazell Center, 323 M. L. King Blvd., Newark, NJ 07102. Make checks or money orders payable to: NJIT / C.A.B.S.R. For more information call (201) 596-3097. A Consumer's Guide to Home Adaptation by the Adaptive Environments Center is available from The Adaptive Environments Center, 374 Congress Street, Suite 301, Boston, MA 02210. Call (617) 695-1225, ext. 0 The National Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification (NRCSHHM) is headquartered at the Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center at University of Southern California, funded by The Archstone Foundation and The California Endowment. The Center's mission is to make supportive housing and home modification a more integral component of successful aging, long-term care, preventive health, and the development of elder-friendly communities. The Center offers a vision for the future as well as practical strategies and materials for policymakers, practitioners, consumers, manufacturers, suppliers, and researchers. Visit its web site: http://www.usc.edu/dept/gero/nrcshhm/. Or call (213) 740-1364 A Home for All Ages is an article about home modifications and adaptations on AARP’s web site: http://www.aarp.org/universalhome/ Rebuilding Together preserves and revitalizes houses and communities, assuring that low-income homeowners, particularly those who are elderly and disabled and families with children, live in warmth, safety, and independence. Call1-800-4-REHAB-9 or visit its web site at http://www.rebuildingtogether.org/. Extended Home Living Services, based in a Chicago suburb, makes available to providers throughout the country an assessment and home modification plan. If your contractor is unsure of how to create a home modification plan that works best for you, Extended Home Living Services can provide an assessment form to be completed by an Occupational Therapist or Home Health Nurse. Once completed by the health care professional, the assessment form is used to create a home modification plan that meets the specific needs of the client. Visit Extended Living Service’s web site at www.ehls.com. Or, call (847) 215-9490. Indicate you are interested in information about the CASPAR program. Directory of Accessible Building Products, a one-stop resource for anyone addressing a need for enhanced accessibility in a residence, features existing products and assistive technologies that are available to seniors and their caregivers. It includes pictures and detailed descriptions of accessible building products in the following categories: kitchen and laundry; bathrooms; doors, windows, and assistive hardware; climate control; home automation; flooring; plumbing systems; ramps and handrails; stair lifts and elevators; and accessible house plans. The Directory is available National Association of Home Builders Research Center for $5.00. You can purchase it online www.nahbrc.org/bookstore. Or call NAHB Research Center at 1-800-638-8556. Home Modifications and Products for Safety and Ease of Use Funding Your Home Modifications Making It Easy For My Wife So It’s Easier On Me |
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