Home Accessibility

With a booming population of seniors increasingly requiring customized accessibility solutions, the home access market has seen growth in demand for lifts and ramps that allow wheelchair users to continue living independently.

For HME businesses, this means that opportunities to enter and expand this market are nearly endless. Many companies have entered this sector by offering simple, useful products that are related to their original expertise. Once patients know a company for selling bath safety products or durable threshold ramps, they will be more trusting when the HME business expands its services to kitchen and stair solutions.

As patients desire products that fit the unique needs of their residences and vehicles, providers are also finding success in making complicated installation processes appear simple to the end-user. Partnering with construction contractors, HME businesses rightly view complex home remodels and customizations as both daunting and lucrative, particularly when companies are able to find other funding sources for patients.

Because the majority of home access products are not funded, companies have found success in directing their patients to seek grants from the Department of Veterans Affairs, state Medicaid programs or local accessibility associations providing grants to patients and their families. Once HME companies become familiar with the funding landscape, they are able to focus on the most important part of their role: ensuring comfort, safety and independence for patients.

To learn more about some of the most popular home access products on the market today, take a peek at the sampling of ramps, lifts and design services collected below.


Aqua Creek Products

Scout 2

Scout 2 Pool Lift

Pool Lift Features Higher Weight Capacity

  • The Scout 2 pool and spa lift features an adjustable seat pole, updated base and upgraded electronics to accommodate a higher consumer weight capacity of 375 lbs.
  • The lift also now allows up to 25 in. of wall clearance on a 16 in.-wide profile when used with the pull-out legrest.
  • The lift offers 360-degree rotation to provide a versatile, easy-to-use solution that complies with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements.
  • (888) 687-3552

EZ-Step Mobility Inc.

Portable EZ-Step

Cane Improves Stair Accessibility

With stability similar to that of a quad cane, the Portable EZ-Step increases stairway access for people who have difficulty ascending or descending stairs. The four-point base is made from ABS plastic measuring 3.5 in. high, 9 in. wide and 9.25 in. long, and weighs 2 pounds. An offset, ergonomic handle includes a contoured, soft rubber handgrip, and the cane’s height is adjustable from 31 in. to 40 in. with detent button.

  • (866) 771-8111

VGM Group Inc.

Accessible Home Improvement of America

Live At Home Pro

Need to Streamline Home Access Assessments? There’s an App for That

  • Accessible Home Improvement of America (AHIA)’s new mobile app, Live At Home Pro, provides a new tool to streamline on-site home assessments.
  • The HIPAA-compliant app directs users through up to 16 assessment categories. Home access professionals can take photos and insert recommendations, generate cohesive proposals with pricing and seamlessly integrate the assessment with office workflow.
  • (877) 404-2442

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