The ramp Bills are at it again. Another ramp in Alloway, NJ. Thank you Habitat and Bill Kleinegger and Bill Nelson.
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 their 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 personnel 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
MORE WHEELCHAIR RAMP AND HOME MODIFICIATION PROGRAMS:
Habitat for Humanity Critical Home Repair Program – Across the USA. Habitat for Humanity provides subsidized critical home repairs and modifications for seniors to allow them to age in place and for those with disability or low income circumstances. A “Brush with Kindness” Program for exterior home beautification and the “Repair Corps for Veterans” Program is also featured.
Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) – Across the USA. Federal program providing weatherization assistance to homeowners with the result of lower energy bills and energy use. US Department of Energy.
How to Build Wheelchair Ramps for Homes Program – Available online.
A manual, DVD video and specifications on how to design and build wheelchair ramps for senior and the handicapped.
Rebuilding Together Safe at Home Modification and Repair Program – Across the USA.Provides critical free home repairs, home modifications and home improvements for low-income seniors, adults and family homeowners.
Certified Aging in Place Specialist Program – Across the USA. Seniors who plan to stay in their homes as they age can call on a team of trusted aging in place specialists in construction, architecture, and interior design who are available to provide seniors with needed aging-in-place home modifications such as ramps to ensure ease of mobility and elderly home safety.
National Directory of Home Modification Repair Resources Program – Across the USA. A directory put together by the National Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification of hundreds of home modification contractors and assistance with repair resources.
ElderProofHome.com Gift Card Program – Available online. Gift card for seniors to make home repairs and modifications that they may need, but may be hesitant to pay for by themselves. Home modification and repair safety improvements may be made such as: bathroom bars, safety rails, wheelchair ramps, threshold ramps, walkers, motion sensors, security locks, powered chairs, lift Seats, motion sensor stair lights and much more.
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Need info on how to get in touch with this orginization please. I have a 93 year old mother desperately in need of a wheelchair ramp.
Thanx so much
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I am so sorry that I didn’t respond earlier. Have you contacted the local Habitat for Humanity? Does your city or county have an office
for the aging or senior services? I live in NJ and that is our best source. Also, if your mother is under doctor’s care, has her doctor made any recommendations?
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I live in Detroit, Mi,my sister in law is 81 yrs old and she can’t walk due to numbness in her feet and she has spinal stenosis, it’s getting very hard for us to get her in and out the house for her Doctor’s appointments, she’s low income and is in need for a ramp,how do I go about getting her help?,Thank you
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I am so sorry that I didn’t respond earlier. Have you contacted the local Habitat for Humanity? Does your city or county have an office
for the aging or senior services? I live in NJ and that is our best source. Also, if your mother is under doctor’s care, has her doctor made any recommendations?
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Need the telephone number for this program nearest to Llawtey,Fl.
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I am so sorry that I didn’t respond earlier. Have you contacted the local Habitat for Humanity? Does your city or county have an office
for the aging or senior services? I live in NJ and that is our best source. Also, if someone is under doctor’s care, has the doctor made any recommendations? If you need me to google information contact me at fhentz@hotmail.com.
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I have a mother that needs a handicap ramp 89 years
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I am so sorry that I didn’t respond earlier. Have you contacted the local Habitat for Humanity? Does your city or county have an office
for the aging or senior services? I live in NJ and that is our best source. Also, if your mother is under doctor’s care, has her doctor made any recommendations?
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I need wheelchair ramp so I can get my boyfriend in the house so hospice can take care of him
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I am so sorry that I didn’t respond earlier. Have you contacted the local Habitat for Humanity? Does your city or county have an office
for the aging or senior services? I live in NJ and that is our best source. Also, if your boyfriend is under doctor’s care, has her doctor or hospice made any recommendations?
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Desperately need wheelchair ramp for home bed patient has to go to dialysis
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I am so sorry that I didn’t respond earlier. Have you contacted the local Habitat for Humanity? Does your city or county have an office
for the aging or senior services? I live in NJ and that is our best source. Also, if your patient is under doctor’s care, has their doctor made any recommendations?
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My Momma Desperately needs a ramp built so I can get her to the doctors … her legs dont bend and with my broken back I cant hold her to get her down the stairs.. we are all disabled here.. there are just myself . mom and dad… they are both in there 80s. and Im in my 60s, I also need to see about getting them a walk in shower of some type.. were all on SS .Dis.. and they cant get into the shower because of the tub. there afraid of falling. so they have to do bird baths out of the sink.. which is not healthy for them.. Please We live in Stayton Oregon. and Just need some help.. we have no extra money.. Im all alone here to help them.. no family to help us.. we so Need help.. my momma now is on oxygen because of the smell out of the carpet.. which I know is from the mildew under it.. we got a new roof now and we got that for free from the state of Oregon.. I know they need floors .. even used ones I dont care.. we just need help.. Can you all help us..
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I am so sorry that I didn’t respond earlier. Have you contacted the local Habitat for Humanity? Does your city or county have an office
for the aging or senior services? I live in NJ and that is our best source. Also, if your parents is under doctor’s care, has their doctor made any recommendations?
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I am so sorry that I didn’t respond earlier. Have you contacted the local Habitat for Humanity? Does your city or county have an office
for the aging or senior services? I live in NJ and that is our best source. Also, if anyone is under doctor’s care, has their doctor made any recommendations?
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Need to see how to get help with ramp for my mother has cancer needs to get out to doctors
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I am so sorry that I didn’t respond earlier. Have you contacted the local Habitat for Humanity? Does your city or county have an office
for the aging or senior services? I live in NJ and that is our best source. Also, if your mother is under doctor’s care, has her doctor made any recommendations?
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I am 70. Live in Athens, Ohio. I need a small ramp built. I have no one. Can someone help me? Thank you kindly.
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Have you contacted the local Habitat for Humanity? Does your city or county have an office
for the aging or senior services? I live in NJ and that is our best source. Also, if you are under doctor’s care, has your doctor made any recommendations?
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My mom has a broken hip and brittle bones she has trouble walking up her stairs how can I get help for her to get a ramp
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Have you contacted the local Habitat for Humanity? Does your city or county have an office
for the aging or senior services? I live in NJ and that is our best source. Also, if you are under doctor’s care, has your doctor made any recommendations?
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