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Aging in Place, staying in your own home, safely

It usually starts with a stair, a step or a bath that has started to worry someone. The hard part is not the work — it is that every accessibility company sounds equally sure of itself, and you get one guess. We check licence and insurance before we introduce anyone, and we record the date we checked.

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Aging in Place in short

Aging in place services are home modifications that let an older adult keep living safely in their own house: bathroom safety work, walk-in or curbless showers, grab bars, wider doorways, removed thresholds, step-free entries, better lighting, and lever hardware. Most projects start with an assessment — either an occupational therapist evaluating the person, or a contractor evaluating the house — and the work is then done by general remodelers, plumbers, electricians and carpenters, often coordinated by a contractor holding the CAPS designation. A whole-home accessibility retrofit generally starts around $10,000 and rises with complexity, per This Old House's 2026 reporting.

A whole-home accessibility retrofit generally starts around $10,000 and rises with complexity, per This Old House's 2026 reporting. Individual projects vary widely: a walk-in shower installation averages about $12,000 with a range of $4,000–$20,000, a full bathroom remodel averages $15,586 nationally with a typical range of $6,456–$24,715, and a straight stair lift runs about $2,500–$5,000 installed against $8,000–$12,000 for a curved staircase. For scale, the 2025 CareScout Cost of Care Survey puts the national median for assisted living at $6,200 per month, or $74,400 a year.

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Most sites sell your number to whoever pays the most for it. We check the accessibility companies we match you with, and we publish the date we checked so you can hold us to it.

Licence checked

We look up the licence with the issuing state or local authority and record the date we checked it.

Insurance confirmed

General liability and, where it applies, workers’ compensation — confirmed with the carrier, not taken on trust.

Reviews read, not counted

We read the recent negatives as well as the average, and we look at how the pro answered them.

Re-checked, not set and forgotten

A licence that lapses drops the pro out of matching. Every record carries the date it was last verified.

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No verified aging in place price ranges published yet.
We don’t publish a cost until we can show the data behind it. If you need a number today, the quote form gives you real prices from local companies.

Honest comparison

HomeMatchup vs. a lead site vs. doing it yourself

Three ways to get this work done. Here’s what each one actually gives you.

Getting aging in place work done — three routes compared
HomeMatchup Typical lead site DIY
How many companies call youA short, named shortlist you agreed toOften 4–5+ at once, sold to whoever buys the leadNone — the work is on you
Licence & insuranceChecked against the issuing authority, with a date on the recordUsually self-reported by the contractorYour own permits and liability
What it costs youFree — pros pay us, and only for a real matchFree, but your number is resoldMaterials plus your time
Price guidance before you talkPublished ranges with the data behind themRarely shown before you hand over detailsYou research it yourself
If it goes wrongYou have a named, verified company and a record of the checksHard to trace which site sold the leadNo recourse

Describes how HomeMatchup operates and the common lead-generation model. Not a claim about any named competitor.

Homeowners

What people say after they’ve hired

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Plenty of sites fill this space with reviews scraped from elsewhere, or written for them. We don’t. The first aging in place review on this page will come from a homeowner we matched, after their work was finished and paid for.

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  1. 1You get matchedA few checked pros, free
  2. 2Work gets doneBy a licensed, insured company
  3. 3We ask youOnce, after completion
  4. 4It appears hereExactly as you wrote it
FAQ

Aging in Place questions, answered

The questions homeowners ask us most about aging in place.

Two calls: ask the physician for an occupational therapy home safety evaluation, and call the Eldercare Locator at 1-800-677-1116 to reach your Area Agency on Aging. Meanwhile, remove loose rugs and cords and add lighting on the bedroom-to-bathroom route — that's free and it addresses the conditions most falls happen in.
A full accessibility retrofit generally starts around $10,000 per This Old House, with bathroom remodels running $6,456–$24,715 (average $15,586) and walk-in shower installations $4,000–$20,000 (average about $12,000). A targeted safety package — grab bars, seat, handheld sprayer, lighting, lever handles — is a small fraction of that and addresses most of the fall risk.
Most often the family, out of pocket. Other routes worth pursuing: Medicaid home and community based services waivers in some states, VA programs including SAH, SHA, TRA and HISA for eligible veterans, USDA Rural Development for low-income rural homeowners, state grant programs, long-term care insurance provisions, and nonprofits like Rebuilding Together. Eligibility for all of these is individual — ask the administering agency, in writing, before you spend.
We can't tell you, and neither can a contractor — that depends on the specific plan and it changes. Call the plan directly, and call your Area Agency on Aging at 1-800-677-1116 for what's available locally. Bring the medical justification and get any answer in writing before work begins, because most programs won't reimburse retroactively.
When the unmet needs stop being about the house. Wandering, medication errors, appliances left on, weight loss, or falls with no environmental cause point at care needs that construction can't address. A geriatric care manager or the person's physician can assess this more objectively than family members generally can.
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