Home Modification and Home Medical Equipment

Contact Person: Michael Jones, CEO

Agency Name or Parent Company: Universal Design Solutions

Name of Home Modification Program / Resource: Home Modification and Home Medical Equipment

Address: 11555 Central Parkway, Ste 1002, Jacksonville , FL 32224

Email Address: mike@UniversalDesignSolutions.com

Phone Number: 904-721-2225

Homepage/Website: www.UniversalDesignSolutions.com

Established: 04/2019

Partnerships: Agency for Persons with Disabilities(APD), US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Florida Brain and Spinal, Several Work Comp Providers

Target Population: Aging in Place, Disabled Veterans, Disabled Children

No. of Persons Served/Year: 30

No. of Paid Staff: 3

Services Provided:

• Minor home modifications (e.g., grab bars, raised toilet seats, handheld showers, handrails, lever door handles)
• Major home modifications (e.g., remodel bathrooms, adjust counter/cabinet heights, ramps, elevator/platform or chair lifts, widen doorways, roll-in showers)
• Home assessments
• Refers to providers (e.g., Home modification program, occupational/physical therapists, funding sources)
• Raise consumer and/or professional awareness
• Advocacy for home modification policies and funding
• Participate in task forces/coalitions or planning activities with other agencies
• Integrate home modification or repairs within existing home and community-based and/or long-term care programs
• Partners with state or local non-profit home modification programs (e.g., Rebuilding Together, Habitat for Humanity, etc...)
• Florida licensed Home Medical Equipment ProviderFlorida Certified Residential ContractorCertified Home Assessment and Modification Professional - Home Modification Certification for Workers' Compensation Providers

Funding Source(s):

• Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver
• Assistive Technology Act programs/Department of Education (e.g., grants for durable medical equipment)
• Private Pay

Special Features: Free AssessmentWilling to work with government grant agencies

Is your organization Non-Profit?: no