Free printable · fall prevention for aging in place
Free Home-Safety Walkthrough Checklist
Wanting a parent to stay in their own home starts as a vague worry — the house "isn't really set up for this anymore." This free printable walkthrough turns the worry into a look: print it, walk the house one room at a time, and tick a box for each check. These are the higher-risk checks that matter most for an older adult — the falls and emergencies most worth catching — so you come away knowing where to start.
Take it with you — free, no signup
Direct download. No email, no account — just the files.
What it does
- Gives you the higher-risk home-safety checks for a senior or elderly parent — grab bars, handrails, trip hazards, lighting, and the ways to call for help — grouped room by room, with tick boxes to fill in pen.
- Tells you why each one is on the list, right beside the check, so it's a judgment you make by looking, not a box you tick from memory.
- Draws on public home fall-prevention guidance (the CDC's Check for Safety checklist, the National Institute on Aging, and AARP's HomeFit Guide) — a real starting point, not a random list.
- Prints and works with no spreadsheet at all — nothing to sign up for, nothing saved anywhere but your own copy.
Own it, don't rent it
Want the plan behind the walk?
This checklist is the walk. The full planner is the plan — all 62 checks scored by severity, your rooms ranked worst-first, and every fix ranked by safety gained per dollar (so, for example, $25 non-slip strips rise above an $8,500 walk-in shower), plus a contractor-quote tracker, a budget, and a live dashboard, across a 10-tab workbook (Excel, Google Sheets & LibreOffice) and three guides.
A one-time purchase you keep and own — your family's file about your family's house, sitting between a free checklist and a rented app.
A planning aid you keep, not medical, occupational-therapy, legal, or building-code advice, not a safety certification or an inspection, and not a substitute for a professional. The checks are a starting point, not exhaustive, and cannot see your home. For an assessment of a specific person in a specific home, ask a doctor for a referral to an occupational therapist. Free to use; please don't resell or redistribute.