Accessible Rooms for Disabled & Elderly People

Creating a safe and inclusive space for all your friends, family, and visitors doesn’t have to be overwhelming. With proper guidance, plans, and skills, you can create accessible rooms for any and all disabilities or struggles.

Whether you need to make accessible rooms for a disabled family member or home modifications to an elderly loved one’s home to make aging-in-place easier, making a home more convenient and comfortable will go a long way toward everyone’s peace of mind.

Some of the renovations necessary for an accessible room may be able to be done by the homeowner, whereas some will require the help of a professional. In this article, we’ll discuss the steps you need to take when adapting your home for disability or mobility reasons.

Hearing-Accessible Room

To make a hearing-accessible room, you’ll want to rely on other senses, such as sight. Visual alarms or flashing lights can replace doorbells, alarms, or even timers. 

Installing a flashing light instead of a doorbell will help to alert those with hearing challenges that someone is at their door. Oftentimes, these types of doorbells can be installed similarly to traditional ones, flashing a light instead of making a noise when someone presses a button.

You don’t have to stop at the doorbell. Flashing lights or other visual alarms can also alert someone who is hard of hearing to a phone call or a potential emergency, such as a fire or home invasion. 

Other smaller changes to help make a hearing-accessible room include hanging up diagrams of your space and investing in noise-canceling curtains and sound-absorbing materials to help minimize background noise.

Mobility-Accessible Room

The first step to creating a mobility-a