Reference guides for occupational therapists, contractors, discharge teams and funders who make homes safer for older adults and people with disabilities in Canada, the US, the UK and Australia.
Guides for Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom andAustralia.
The Disabled Facilities Grant limits, means test and application process in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Scotland's Scheme of Assistance, VAT relief and free minor adaptations.
What Original Medicare pays for in the home, which items CMS lists as not covered, and how Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits can pay for bathroom safety devices and structural changes.
The ADA grab bar dimensions for toilets, tubs and showers, what binds a private house, and how to set bars for the person who will use them.
The grab bar heights, lengths and positions the National Building Code and Ontario's 2024 code set for toilets, showers and bathtubs, and the wall blocking rules that reach new houses.
What Approved Document M and Scotland's Technical Handbook require for bathroom walls, level access showers and WCs in homes, and how grab rail positions are decided.
Where the Livable Housing Design Standard requires bathroom and toilet walls to be reinforced for future grab rails, the materials and zones, and how rail positions are set for a person at home.