Program Offers TLC To Older Adults And Their Homes So They Can Stay Put
Many older adults want to age in their own homes, and the CAPABLE program makes that possible by offering everything from physical therapy to grab bar installation. It's cost effective too.
Eighty-three-year-old Betty Givens welcomes two visitors to the home she shares with her daughter in Riverside, Calif.
"Hi, how are you?" asks Melinda Underwood, an occupational therapist.
"Oh, a little lightheaded," Givens says, almost apologetically.
Underwood and clinical social worker JoJean Harper are concerned, but it's one of many things they can address that will help Givens remain in her home as long as possible.
Underwood and Harper are from a program called : Community Aging in Place â Advancing Better Living for Elders. Givens, like of older Americans, wants to age in her own home. The CAPABLE program tries to make that happen.
