OT Toolkit for Home Safety & Accessibility
Occupational therapists (OTs) play a key role in assessing home environments and recommending modifications to enhance safety, independence, and mobility. A well-rounded OT Toolkit should include both assessment tools and solution-based recommendations.
Home Assessment Tools – Our Healthcare Professionals Resource Page offers a comprehensive CASPAR (Comprehensive Assessment and Solution Process for Aging Residents), IADL/ADL’s checklist, tape measure for measurements, and a camera to take photos or create drawings to identify hazards and plan modifications.
In & Out of the House Solutions – Includes ramps, Vertical or incline platform lifts, and outdoor stair lifts.
Up & Down the Stairs Solutions – Covers stair lifts, vertical platform lifts, and elevators.
Bathroom Safety Solutions – Features grab bars, raised toilet seats, toilevators, superpoles, ShowerGlyde, ShowerBuddy, roll-in showers and walk-in tubs
Transfer Safety Solutions – Covers transfer lift systems for safe and effective transfers from chair to bed, chair to chair, chair to shower/tub, chair to toilet, and even pool to chair.
"The OT Toolkit isn’t just for OTs—it’s a practical, easy-to-use resource designed to support all clinicians who help patients regain function and independence."