Home Safety Assessments for Clients with Chronic Conditions

A practical, evidence-based framework for conducting condition-specific home assessments that reduce falls by 26-41% and support reimbursement.

.1 AOTA-Pending Approval CEUs| Evidence-Based | Self-paced online 

The Home Accessibility Therapist LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity approval for this course is pending. 

This distance learning activity is offered at .1 CEUs, intermediate level, service delivery and foundational principles. 

The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

Why Choose This Course?

 

Turn vague safety checklists into skilled OT practice
Generic home safety forms don’t capture the real risks your clients with diabetes, CHF, or sensory processing differences face in their daily routines. This course shows you how to translate those realities into focused, occupation-based home assessments that actually change outcomes.

Use an evidence-based framework that reduces falls by 26–41%
You’ll learn to apply the Person–Environment–Occupation (PEO) framework specifically to high-prevalence chronic conditions, so your recommendations go far beyond “install a grab bar.” Instead, you systematically evaluate task demands, environmental barriers, and condition-related limitations to target the most impactful changes.

Confidently justify medical necessity and reimbursement
Instead of looking like you’re “just doing home modifications,” you’ll be able to clearly articulate skilled OT reasoning in your documentation. The course helps you connect your findings to goals, interventions, and measurable outcomes, so your notes support reimbursement and reflect your true clinical value.

Walk away with tools you can use Monday morning
You get a condition-specific home assessment template that organizes what to look for, what to prioritize, and how to document it. In just 1 self-paced contact hour, you gain a repeatable process you can apply across clients with complex chronic conditions in home health, outpatient, or community practice.

  • Home Health OTs/PTs managing clients with multiple chronic conditions

  • Outpatient therapists transitioning to community-based practice

  • Acute care/rehab therapists conducting discharge home assessments

  • New graduates who received minimal home modification traning

  • Experienced therapists seeking condition-specific protocols and CEU credit





What are therapists saying about this course?

“This was fantastic! I appreciate the evidence/research that you cited for home mods.”
— Sara Tian, OT​

“Always soaking in your teaching! The CHF was very great to learn!”
— Martha Pack, OT​

“I liked the breakdown by chronic condition.”
— Rebecca Muroski, OT

 

“Great consolidation of considerations and remediations!!”
— Sue Ross, OT​

“I love we can see the role of OT in home mods.”
— Melba Ramirez, OT​