When faced with increasing frailty and changing needs, most older people chose to age in place.
Home modifications are a key element in sucessful aging in place.
They make it easier to carry out tasks such as cooking and cleaning, engage in major life activities, prevent accidents, facilitate caregiving, and even minimize the need for costly personal care services or institutional care. While federal and state officials grapple with the issues of an aging America, at the local level, it is increasingly important that individuals with various types of expertise come together to solve issues that impact their community. A home modificatio n action coalition involves the organized participation of professionals and constituencies that are either directly or indirectly involved with home modification. HMAP will build a coalition at the local level to bring together major stakeholders to mob ilize resources and organize ongoing support for home modifications in a Southern California community. The purpose of the coalition is to increase awareness about the home modification needs and to increase the availability of home modification.