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# Aging in Place Assessment

Aging in Place Assessment evaluates whether someone can safely remain in their own home by assessing room-by-room fall hazards, daily-living gaps, available support, and warning signs. Use it when a family is deciding if a parent or relative can live at home safely.

**Install:**

```bash
npx degit https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/aging-in-place-assessment ~/.claude/skills/aging-in-place-assessment
```

## README

# Aging-in-Place Assessment

Most older people want to stay in their own home — and often can, with the right changes and support. But "they're fine" is sometimes denial, and "they can't cope" is sometimes overcaution. This gives a clear-eyed assessment: the home's actual hazards, the honest gaps in daily living and support, what could close them, and the warning signs that home genuinely isn't safe anymore — so the family decides with eyes open, and with the person's dignity front and center. Not medical advice.

## What This Skill Produces

- **A home safety read** — the hazards room by room (fall risks like rugs/stairs/bathrooms, lighting, accessibility) and what to fix
- **A daily-living gap check** — honest look at how they're managing meals, hygiene, medications, mobility, finances, and getting around
- **The support & modification options** — what could make home work: home modifications, in-home help, meal/transport services, tech (alerts, monitoring), and family support
- **Warning signs** — the signals that home may no longer be safe (falls, missed meds, wandering, unmanaged bills, hygiene decline, isolation)
- **How to raise it respectfully** — approaching the conversation preserving the person's autonomy and dignity, not talking over them
- **A boundary** — this supports a family decision; medical/OT professionals should assess where health is involved

## Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:
- **The person** — age, health, mobility, cognition, and what they want
- **The home** — layout (stairs, bathrooms), and known hazards
- **How they're managing** — daily living, meds, finances, social contact — honestly
- **Support available** — family nearby, budget for help/modifications
- **The trigger** — a fall, a scare, general worry, or planning ahead

## Framework: Safety, Gaps, Support, Dignity

1. **Assess the home.** Go room by room for hazards — falls are the biggest risk (loose rugs, poor lighting, bathroom/stairs) — and note accessibility issues and quick fixes.
2. **Check daily living honestly.** How are they really doing with meals, hygiene, medications, mobility, money, and driving/transport — past both denial and overcaution.
3. **Match support to gaps.** For each gap, the option that closes it: modifications (grab bars, ramps, lighting), in-home help, services (meals, transport), tech (alert systems), and family support.
4. **Watch the warning signs.** Name the signals that home may no longer be safe — recurrent falls, missed medications, wandering, unpaid bills, hygiene or nutrition decline, dangerous cooking, isolation.
5. **Preserve dignity.** Center the person's wishes and autonomy; involve them in the decision rather than deciding over them — and raise concerns respectfully.
6. **Bring in professionals.** Where health, cognition, or safety are seriously in question, an occupational-therapy or medical assessment is the right next step.

## Output Format

### Aging in place: [person] · home [layout] · what they want [x]

**Home safety (room by room):** [fall hazards · lighting · bathroom/stairs · accessibility → fixes].
**Daily-living gaps (honest):** [meals · hygiene · meds · mobility · finances · transport].
**Support to close gaps:** modifications [grab bars/ramps/lighting] · in-home help · services [meals/transport] · tech [alerts] · family.
**⚠️ Home may not be safe if:** [falls · missed meds · wandering · unpaid bills · hygiene/nutrition decline · isolation].
**Raise it respectfully:** [center their wishes and autonomy].

> Supports a family decision — not medical advice. For health/cognition/safety concerns, get an occupational-therapy or medical assessment.

## Quality Checks
- [ ] Assesses home hazards room by room (falls prioritized)
- [ ] Honestly checks daily-living management (past denial/overcaution)
- [ ] Matches specific support/modifications to each gap
- [ ] Names the warning signs that home may be unsafe
- [ ] Centers the person's dignity and autonomy
- [ ] Flags when a professional assessment is needed; not medical advice

## Anti-Patterns
- **Reflexive "they're fine"** (denial) or "they can't cope" (overcaution).
- **Ignoring fall hazards** — the biggest risk.
- **Deciding over the person** instead of with them.
- **No specific support options** for the gaps.
- **Missing the warning signs** or the professional-assessment line.

## Example Trigger Phrases
- "Can my dad safely stay in his home as he gets older?"
- "Aging-in-place assessment for my mother who lives alone."
- "Is it still safe for my parent to live independently?"
- "What do we need to set up so my grandma can stay in her home?"
- "How do I bring up that home might not be safe anymore, respectfully?"