"HABITAT FOR SAFE SENIOR FREE RAMP" PROGRAM
Canyon Lake, Texas, USA.
Program Description
Provides free handicapped ramps for disabled seniors especially for low income and fixed income seniors.
Free wheelchair
ramps are built with the help of volunteers.
Before a
wheelchair
ramp can be built a site visit is made by the "Habitat for Safe Seniors Free Ramp" Program to assess the senior's home environment and detailed need for injury and fall prevention.
The "Habitat for Safe Seniors Free Ramp" Program also estimates the financial cost of material, labor, and equipment required to install the free ramp.
After the free wheelchair ramp is installed it allows seniors to live more independently in thier own home and can prevent accidents and falls thereby helping elderly to maintain a higher quality of life for a longer period of time.
Ramps are crucial for elderly home safety so that in the case of emergency elderly are able to exit the home quickly and safely.
Some of the reported benefits of free ramps installed for the elderly include:
-Seniors taking more trips to get medical care such as doctor's visits and dialysis treatments
-Seniors having increased mobility and more choice in daily activities
-Seniors reconnecting with their friends and communities
-Seniors accessing social service programs
-Seniors being supported to age in place and stay in their own communities rather than having to make a decision of moving into costly assisted living facilities
-Ramps are crucial in the case of emergencies so that elderly and emergency first responders are able to enter and exit the home quickly and safely
The
"Habitat for Safe Seniors Free Ramp" Program falls under the "Home Safety and Repair" Program which provides:
Free home repair assistance for seniors such as adding a step, fixing a handrail, stabilizing loose banisters, and replacing rotted landings, plumbing repairs and more.
In addition to proving free ramps and home modifications the "Habitat for Safe Seniors" organization also hosts the following elderly nutrition programs:
-Elderly Nutrition and Food Delivery Program which delivers perishable and non-perishable food to seniors through volunteer deliveries.
-Emergency Food Pantry which provides food for seniors in need.
source:habitatforsafeseniors.com
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