Where can I find assistance with making my bathroom handicap accessible?
My husband is totally disabled due to a spinal cord malformation of the blood vessels. Our bathroom needs to be renovated to be able to give him access, a handicapped shower unit, grab bars, and a wall mounted sink.
Pam's comment reminded me that I've contacted some Senior Centers to find contractors (although these were paying situations). In my father's community, they're very helpful. In mind, all they do is plan expensive trips. So I have to call around before I can find one that will help.
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Probably one of these posts will mention contacting your local community to determine if it gets HUD or other funds to assist homeowners with needed repairs. And Habitat for Humanity, Christmas in April and some churches in some areas will offer free retrofitting assistance, with volunteers. Sometimes these volunteers are handy people, sometimes they're people with construction experience.
Another source is local community aging expos, or the Area Agency on Aging, which in some areas hold caregiver expos in the fall. These are often attended by companies which do retrofitting.
I think the bigger issue is how to pay for this; that's why I suggest contacting HforH and other charities to see if they can help. If you're thinking of a wheelchair accommodated shower, you're talking big bucks.
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If you don't find anything that helps, click on the 3 white lines in the menu bar, use your own search parameters, and search again.
Probably one of these posts will mention contacting your local community to determine if it gets HUD or other funds to assist homeowners with needed repairs. And Habitat for Humanity, Christmas in April and some churches in some areas will offer free retrofitting assistance, with volunteers. Sometimes these volunteers are handy people, sometimes they're people with construction experience.
Another source is local community aging expos, or the Area Agency on Aging, which in some areas hold caregiver expos in the fall. These are often attended by companies which do retrofitting.
I think the bigger issue is how to pay for this; that's why I suggest contacting HforH and other charities to see if they can help. If you're thinking of a wheelchair accommodated shower, you're talking big bucks.