2-Hour Safer Home Action Guide

What's inside

• Your three priorities

  Chosen from your answers. A recent fall always comes first.

• A two-hour session plan

  Fifteen-to-thirty-minute steps you can tick off together, at a calm pace.

• Room by room

  Quick checks matched to the home: a house with stairs, a bungalow, a condo or an apartment.

• Things that may help

  Up to five matched suggestions, each with a no-cost alternative and safety cautions.

• Do it yourself, or call a professional

  Clear lines on what's safe for family to do, and what needs a qualified person.

• A finishing checklist and next steps

  Including when to talk to the doctor, Health811 or Ontario Health atHome.

How it's personalized

If you've made a free Family Support Map, it uses your most recent answers, so there's nothing more to fill in. If not, you'll answer a few short questions first, and get a free Map too. It uses your loved one's first name, and never their address.

What it isn't

It's a practical session plan, not a medical assessment or a formal home inspection, and it can't promise that a home is safe or that everything can be fixed in two hours. It never asks you to install equipment or do work you're not qualified to do. In an emergency, call 911.