The Home Accessibility Therapist Podcast Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-home-accessibility-therapist-podcast The Home Accessibility Therapist Podcast delivers tips, training, and interviews for therapists who are changing lives at home. Each episode turns real-world home modification challenges—like falls, hoarding, and disaster preparedness—into clear, practical strategies you can use on your next visit. You’ll hear Therapist Thursday interviews, research-based blog-to-audio episodes, and “Office Hours” Q&A focused on evaluations, documentation, and funding. The podcast’s goal is to build your confidence and skills as a home accessibility therapist so your recommendations are safer, more effective, and more likely to be implemented. 2026 The Home Accessibility Therapist 3a903fb2-1b84-59c7-9ce1-b5608ed156f0 yes Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L What is The Home Accessibility Therapist Podcast? en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:33:27 -0700 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:34:05 -0700 https://www.thehomeaccessibilitytherapist.com/ https://img.transistorcdn.com/lJt4VVkkIe6iLlRkLFaxwT2qHBPP3yJX1yBvix0R3pI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hZWYz/MTdlZjJjOTAxODEy/NTM1ZGZmYTg3NzNm/YTkwYy5wbmc.jpg The Home Accessibility Therapist Podcast https://www.thehomeaccessibilitytherapist.com/ episodic Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L The Home Accessibility Therapist Podcast delivers tips, training, and interviews for therapists who are changing lives at home. Each episode turns real-world home modification challenges—like falls, hoarding, and disaster preparedness—into clear, practical strategies you can use on your next visit. You’ll hear Therapist Thursday interviews, research-based blog-to-audio episodes, and “Office Hours” Q&A focused on evaluations, documentation, and funding. The podcast’s goal is to build your confidence and skills as a home accessibility therapist so your recommendations are safer, more effective, and more likely to be implemented. The Home Accessibility Therapist Podcast delivers tips, training, and interviews for therapists who are changing lives at home. occupational therapy, home modifications, home accessibility, aging in place, OT home health, environmental modifications, fall prevention, fall prevention at home, accessible home design, universal design, home safety assessment, OT home evaluations, bathroom modifications, grab bars and ramps, low-cost home modifications, OT clinical reasoning, OT documentation, OT for older adults, hoarding and OT, disaster preparedness OT, community-based OT, OT private practice, home modification consulting, Certified Home Accessibility Therapist , advanced home modification skills, OT continuing education Sue Doyle sue@thehomeaccessibilitytherapist.com No No S1E7: Blog-to-Audio | Evidence-Based Fall Prevention Through Home Modifications for OTs 7 7 S1E7: Blog-to-Audio | Evidence-Based Fall Prevention Through Home Modifications for OTs full 455ceb49-8373-42ba-8294-f409644c85b7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/0380e286 Evidence-Based Fall Prevention Through Home Modifications for OTs

This episode is an audio version of our blog, “Evidence-Based Fall Prevention Through Home Modifications for OTs.” Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L walks through the latest evidence on fall prevention, showing you how to combine structured assessments with targeted, room-by-room home modifications so you can meaningfully reduce fall risk and clearly demonstrate the impact of your interventions.

In this episode, we cover:

  • Why falls among community-dwelling older adults are so life-altering, how often they occur, and what current research says about the potential of home modifications—within a multifactorial plan—to reduce falls and healthcare costs.

  • The key evidence-based components of fall prevention for OTs, including validated screening tools, exercise and medication considerations, environmental safety modifications, and a minimum two-visit home modification model that aligns with AOTA’s Vision 2025.

  • Practical, evidence-informed strategies for room-by-room home modification—especially in bathrooms, entrances, stairs, and living areas—focused on observing real occupational performance and tailoring grab bars, layout, lighting, flooring, and equipment to each client’s specific risks and routines.

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]]> Evidence-Based Fall Prevention Through Home Modifications for OTs

This episode is an audio version of our blog, “Evidence-Based Fall Prevention Through Home Modifications for OTs.” Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L walks through the latest evidence on fall prevention, showing you how to combine structured assessments with targeted, room-by-room home modifications so you can meaningfully reduce fall risk and clearly demonstrate the impact of your interventions.

In this episode, we cover:

  • Why falls among community-dwelling older adults are so life-altering, how often they occur, and what current research says about the potential of home modifications—within a multifactorial plan—to reduce falls and healthcare costs.

  • The key evidence-based components of fall prevention for OTs, including validated screening tools, exercise and medication considerations, environmental safety modifications, and a minimum two-visit home modification model that aligns with AOTA’s Vision 2025.

  • Practical, evidence-informed strategies for room-by-room home modification—especially in bathrooms, entrances, stairs, and living areas—focused on observing real occupational performance and tailoring grab bars, layout, lighting, flooring, and equipment to each client’s specific risks and routines.

Read the full blog and see visuals:

Related trainings and courses:

Stay connected:

]]> Tue, 28 Apr 2026 03:00:00 -0700 Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L 1478 Evidence-Based Fall Prevention Through Home Modifications for OTs

This episode is an audio version of our blog, “Evidence-Based Fall Prevention Through Home Modifications for OTs.” Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L walks through the latest evidence on fall prevention, showing you how to combine structured assessments with targeted, room-by-room home modifications so you can meaningfully reduce fall risk and clearly demonstrate the impact of your interventions.

In this episode, we cover:

  • Why falls among community-dwelling older adults are so life-altering, how often they occur, and what current research says about the potential of home modifications—within a multifactorial plan—to reduce falls and healthcare costs.

  • The key evidence-based components of fall prevention for OTs, including validated screening tools, exercise and medication considerations, environmental safety modifications, and a minimum two-visit home modification model that aligns with AOTA’s Vision 2025.

  • Practical, evidence-informed strategies for room-by-room home modification—especially in bathrooms, entrances, stairs, and living areas—focused on observing real occupational performance and tailoring grab bars, layout, lighting, flooring, and equipment to each client’s specific risks and routines.

Read the full blog and see visuals:

Related trainings and courses:

Stay connected:

]]> occupational therapy, home modifications, home accessibility, aging in place, OT home health, environmental modifications, fall prevention, fall prevention at home, accessible home design, universal design, home safety assessment, OT home evaluations, bathroom modifications, grab bars and ramps, low-cost home modifications, OT clinical reasoning, OT documentation, OT for older adults, hoarding and OT, disaster preparedness OT, community-based OT, OT private practice, home modification consulting, Certified Home Accessibility Therapist , advanced home modification skills, OT continuing education No Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L S1E6: Therapist Thursday | Cathron Sterling on Turning Personal Loss into Purposeful Home Modifications 6 6 S1E6: Therapist Thursday | Cathron Sterling on Turning Personal Loss into Purposeful Home Modifications full 311d6767-dc02-4fcc-ab96-dbc146142c8e https://share.transistor.fm/s/58a6bfd1 In this Therapist Thursday episode, Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L talks with Cathron Sterling, an occupational therapist and home safety specialist from San Antonio, about building a mission-driven home modifications and DME practice after decades in traditional clinical roles. Cathron shares how her experiences in pediatric home health, care coordination, and caring for her mother after multiple strokes shaped a business focused on access, safety, and dignity at home.


What you’ll learn in this episode:

  • How Cathron’s 27-year OT journey—from acute care and inpatient rehab to pediatric and adult home health, liaison work, and caring for her mother after strokes—led her to start a home safety, accessibility, and wheelchair/DME-focused company in 2020 and go full-time by 2023.
  • Practical ways she blends an OT lens, public administration training, and lived family experience to assess home safety, navigate limited resources, coordinate services, and creatively modify spaces (like converting a garage into an accessible apartment).
  • Business and career insights on channeling grief into meaningful work, using community connections and care-coordination networks to build a referral base, and creating a home mods/private practice path that offers more autonomy and a sustainable alternative to burnout in traditional healthcare roles.


Guest details and links:

Resources mentioned:

Connect with The Home Accessibility Therapist:

]]> In this Therapist Thursday episode, Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L talks with Cathron Sterling, an occupational therapist and home safety specialist from San Antonio, about building a mission-driven home modifications and DME practice after decades in traditional clinical roles. Cathron shares how her experiences in pediatric home health, care coordination, and caring for her mother after multiple strokes shaped a business focused on access, safety, and dignity at home.


What you’ll learn in this episode:

  • How Cathron’s 27-year OT journey—from acute care and inpatient rehab to pediatric and adult home health, liaison work, and caring for her mother after strokes—led her to start a home safety, accessibility, and wheelchair/DME-focused company in 2020 and go full-time by 2023.
  • Practical ways she blends an OT lens, public administration training, and lived family experience to assess home safety, navigate limited resources, coordinate services, and creatively modify spaces (like converting a garage into an accessible apartment).
  • Business and career insights on channeling grief into meaningful work, using community connections and care-coordination networks to build a referral base, and creating a home mods/private practice path that offers more autonomy and a sustainable alternative to burnout in traditional healthcare roles.


Guest details and links:

Resources mentioned:

Connect with The Home Accessibility Therapist:

]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:00:00 -0700 Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L 1989 In this Therapist Thursday episode, Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L talks with Cathron Sterling, an occupational therapist and home safety specialist from San Antonio, about building a mission-driven home modifications and DME practice after decades in traditional clinical roles. Cathron shares how her experiences in pediatric home health, care coordination, and caring for her mother after multiple strokes shaped a business focused on access, safety, and dignity at home.


What you’ll learn in this episode:

  • How Cathron’s 27-year OT journey—from acute care and inpatient rehab to pediatric and adult home health, liaison work, and caring for her mother after strokes—led her to start a home safety, accessibility, and wheelchair/DME-focused company in 2020 and go full-time by 2023.
  • Practical ways she blends an OT lens, public administration training, and lived family experience to assess home safety, navigate limited resources, coordinate services, and creatively modify spaces (like converting a garage into an accessible apartment).
  • Business and career insights on channeling grief into meaningful work, using community connections and care-coordination networks to build a referral base, and creating a home mods/private practice path that offers more autonomy and a sustainable alternative to burnout in traditional healthcare roles.


Guest details and links:

Resources mentioned:

Connect with The Home Accessibility Therapist:

]]> occupational therapy, home modifications, home accessibility, aging in place, OT home health, environmental modifications, fall prevention, fall prevention at home, accessible home design, universal design, home safety assessment, OT home evaluations, bathroom modifications, grab bars and ramps, low-cost home modifications, OT clinical reasoning, OT documentation, OT for older adults, hoarding and OT, disaster preparedness OT, community-based OT, OT private practice, home modification consulting, Certified Home Accessibility Therapist , advanced home modification skills, OT continuing education No Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L S1E5 Office Hours | Getting Started in Home Mods Part 1 5 5 S1E5 Office Hours | Getting Started in Home Mods Part 1 full 46a6e72c-59c0-42d0-84e0-69efbbe30fed https://share.transistor.fm/s/6e6feadd Summary

In this office hours episode, Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L, walks you through the first key step in developing a home modifications practice: understanding and identifying the need in your own community. She shares fall statistics, real-life stories, and reflection prompts to help you spot where clients’ homes are putting them at risk and how that signals a growing opportunity for your skills.

Questions answered in this episode:

 How big is the problem of falls at home for older adults, and what do the latest statistics really tell us

What housing and neighborhood factors (like home age, layout, and state-level fall data) signal a strong need for home modifications services?

How can you use your current caseload and everyday observations to spot poor housing fit and define the specific home modification needs in your community?


Mentioned resources and links:


Submit a question for a future episode:


Connect with The Home Accessibility Therapist:

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In this office hours episode, Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L, walks you through the first key step in developing a home modifications practice: understanding and identifying the need in your own community. She shares fall statistics, real-life stories, and reflection prompts to help you spot where clients’ homes are putting them at risk and how that signals a growing opportunity for your skills.

Questions answered in this episode:

 How big is the problem of falls at home for older adults, and what do the latest statistics really tell us

What housing and neighborhood factors (like home age, layout, and state-level fall data) signal a strong need for home modifications services?

How can you use your current caseload and everyday observations to spot poor housing fit and define the specific home modification needs in your community?


Mentioned resources and links:


Submit a question for a future episode:


Connect with The Home Accessibility Therapist:

]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2026 03:00:00 -0700 Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L 767 Summary

In this office hours episode, Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L, walks you through the first key step in developing a home modifications practice: understanding and identifying the need in your own community. She shares fall statistics, real-life stories, and reflection prompts to help you spot where clients’ homes are putting them at risk and how that signals a growing opportunity for your skills.

Questions answered in this episode:

 How big is the problem of falls at home for older adults, and what do the latest statistics really tell us

What housing and neighborhood factors (like home age, layout, and state-level fall data) signal a strong need for home modifications services?

How can you use your current caseload and everyday observations to spot poor housing fit and define the specific home modification needs in your community?


Mentioned resources and links:


Submit a question for a future episode:


Connect with The Home Accessibility Therapist:

]]> occupational therapy, home modifications, home accessibility, aging in place, OT home health, environmental modifications, fall prevention, fall prevention at home, accessible home design, universal design, home safety assessment, OT home evaluations, bathroom modifications, grab bars and ramps, low-cost home modifications, OT clinical reasoning, OT documentation, OT for older adults, hoarding and OT, disaster preparedness OT, community-based OT, OT private practice, home modification consulting, Certified Home Accessibility Therapist , advanced home modification skills, OT continuing education No Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L S1E4: Blog-to-Audio | Current Trends in Home Accessibility: What Therapists Need to Know in Q2 2026 4 4 S1E4: Blog-to-Audio | Current Trends in Home Accessibility: What Therapists Need to Know in Q2 2026 full 0e4cfa8a-236a-43f4-a2a4-bdd35b5b6779 https://share.transistor.fm/s/bbd86bdc Current Trends in Home Accessibility: What Therapists Need to Know in Q2 2026

This episode is an audio version of our blog, “Current Trends in Home Accessibility: What Therapists Need to Know in Q2 2026.” Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L walks through the clinical, technological, and funding trends reshaping home safety so you can position your practice on the leading edge of home-based care and confidently navigate new opportunities for your clients.

In this episode, we cover:

Why demand for home safety and accessibility assessments is accelerating in 2026, including aging-in-place trends, increasing medical complexity at home, and health system pressure to reduce readmissions and ED visits.

How smart home and connected technologies, as well as redesigned “traditional” modifications, are changing what clients expect and how therapists must evaluate homes using structured, task-based, function-focused assessments.

The key workforce gaps and evolving funding pathways (VA, Medicaid waivers, grants, and loans) that create new roles for OTs as consultants, evaluators, and advocates—and how to align your documentation, messaging, and collaborations to access these opportunities.

Read the full blog and see visuals:

Related trainings and courses:

Stay connected:

]]> Current Trends in Home Accessibility: What Therapists Need to Know in Q2 2026

This episode is an audio version of our blog, “Current Trends in Home Accessibility: What Therapists Need to Know in Q2 2026.” Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L walks through the clinical, technological, and funding trends reshaping home safety so you can position your practice on the leading edge of home-based care and confidently navigate new opportunities for your clients.

In this episode, we cover:

Why demand for home safety and accessibility assessments is accelerating in 2026, including aging-in-place trends, increasing medical complexity at home, and health system pressure to reduce readmissions and ED visits.

How smart home and connected technologies, as well as redesigned “traditional” modifications, are changing what clients expect and how therapists must evaluate homes using structured, task-based, function-focused assessments.

The key workforce gaps and evolving funding pathways (VA, Medicaid waivers, grants, and loans) that create new roles for OTs as consultants, evaluators, and advocates—and how to align your documentation, messaging, and collaborations to access these opportunities.

Read the full blog and see visuals:

Related trainings and courses:

Stay connected:

]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:00:00 -0700 Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L 823 Current Trends in Home Accessibility: What Therapists Need to Know in Q2 2026

This episode is an audio version of our blog, “Current Trends in Home Accessibility: What Therapists Need to Know in Q2 2026.” Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L walks through the clinical, technological, and funding trends reshaping home safety so you can position your practice on the leading edge of home-based care and confidently navigate new opportunities for your clients.

In this episode, we cover:

Why demand for home safety and accessibility assessments is accelerating in 2026, including aging-in-place trends, increasing medical complexity at home, and health system pressure to reduce readmissions and ED visits.

How smart home and connected technologies, as well as redesigned “traditional” modifications, are changing what clients expect and how therapists must evaluate homes using structured, task-based, function-focused assessments.

The key workforce gaps and evolving funding pathways (VA, Medicaid waivers, grants, and loans) that create new roles for OTs as consultants, evaluators, and advocates—and how to align your documentation, messaging, and collaborations to access these opportunities.

Read the full blog and see visuals:

Related trainings and courses:

Stay connected:

]]> occupational therapy, home modifications, home accessibility, aging in place, OT home health, environmental modifications, fall prevention, fall prevention at home, accessible home design, universal design, home safety assessment, OT home evaluations, bathroom modifications, grab bars and ramps, low-cost home modifications, OT clinical reasoning, OT documentation, OT for older adults, hoarding and OT, disaster preparedness OT, community-based OT, OT private practice, home modification consulting, Certified Home Accessibility Therapist , advanced home modification skills, OT continuing education No Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L S1E3: Blog-to-Audio| Beyond the One-and-Done: Why Home Modifications Require Ongoing OT Expertise 3 3 S1E3: Blog-to-Audio| Beyond the One-and-Done: Why Home Modifications Require Ongoing OT Expertise full ff25f4fe-7c43-43e7-83e8-a4ca928a641b https://share.transistor.fm/s/ba84a6f5 Beyond the One-and-Done: Why Home Modifications Require Ongoing OT Expertise

This episode is an audio version of our blog, “Beyond the One-and-Done: Why Home Modifications Require Ongoing OT Expertise.” Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L walks through why assess-and-go home modification models fall short and how a longitudinal, relationship-based approach supports better outcomes, ethics, and business stability for occupational therapists.

In this episode, we cover:

  • Why the “one-and-done” home modification model is so appealing to burned-out therapists—and the ethical, functional, and clinical pitfalls it creates for clients and for our profession.
  • What the research tells us about short-term versus long-term outcomes of home modifications, and how clients’ needs and environmental barriers evolve over time.
  • How to reframe your role as an OT from one-time assessor to ongoing home and life design partner, including a phased, longitudinal service model that is both client-centered and financially sustainable.


Read the full blog and see visuals:

Related trainings and courses:

Stay connected:

]]> Beyond the One-and-Done: Why Home Modifications Require Ongoing OT Expertise

This episode is an audio version of our blog, “Beyond the One-and-Done: Why Home Modifications Require Ongoing OT Expertise.” Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L walks through why assess-and-go home modification models fall short and how a longitudinal, relationship-based approach supports better outcomes, ethics, and business stability for occupational therapists.

In this episode, we cover:

  • Why the “one-and-done” home modification model is so appealing to burned-out therapists—and the ethical, functional, and clinical pitfalls it creates for clients and for our profession.
  • What the research tells us about short-term versus long-term outcomes of home modifications, and how clients’ needs and environmental barriers evolve over time.
  • How to reframe your role as an OT from one-time assessor to ongoing home and life design partner, including a phased, longitudinal service model that is both client-centered and financially sustainable.


Read the full blog and see visuals:

Related trainings and courses:

Stay connected:

]]> Tue, 31 Mar 2026 03:00:00 -0700 Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L 1119 Beyond the One-and-Done: Why Home Modifications Require Ongoing OT Expertise

This episode is an audio version of our blog, “Beyond the One-and-Done: Why Home Modifications Require Ongoing OT Expertise.” Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L walks through why assess-and-go home modification models fall short and how a longitudinal, relationship-based approach supports better outcomes, ethics, and business stability for occupational therapists.

In this episode, we cover:

  • Why the “one-and-done” home modification model is so appealing to burned-out therapists—and the ethical, functional, and clinical pitfalls it creates for clients and for our profession.
  • What the research tells us about short-term versus long-term outcomes of home modifications, and how clients’ needs and environmental barriers evolve over time.
  • How to reframe your role as an OT from one-time assessor to ongoing home and life design partner, including a phased, longitudinal service model that is both client-centered and financially sustainable.


Read the full blog and see visuals:

Related trainings and courses:

Stay connected:

]]> occupational therapy, home modifications, home accessibility, aging in place, OT home health, environmental modifications, fall prevention, fall prevention at home, accessible home design, universal design, home safety assessment, OT home evaluations, bathroom modifications, grab bars and ramps, low-cost home modifications, OT clinical reasoning, OT documentation, OT for older adults, hoarding and OT, disaster preparedness OT, community-based OT, OT private practice, home modification consulting, Certified Home Accessibility Therapist , advanced home modification skills, OT continuing education No Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L S1E2: Therapist Thursday| Erin DiChiara on Building a Sustainable Home Modifications Practice 2 2 S1E2: Therapist Thursday| Erin DiChiara on Building a Sustainable Home Modifications Practice full 58c5042d-2d61-4d18-a18c-642df208ef6f https://share.transistor.fm/s/9a217b4d In this Therapist Thursday episode, Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L talks with Erin DiChiara, OTR/L, an occupational therapist and CHAT-certified home accessibility therapist, about creating a sustainable, values-driven home mods practice that truly fits your life. Erin shares how she supports adult daughters of aging parents, clients with catastrophic injuries, and individuals with lifelong disabilities to safely age in place while running a profitable, meaningful business.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

  • How Erin got started in home modifications over 20 years ago, inspired by her 95-year-old grandmother, and how that experience grew into a CHAT-certified practice serving aging adults, people with catastrophic injuries, and clients with lifelong disabilities.
  • Practical strategies she uses in home visits, including deeply listening to how people actually live, solving problems as simply as possible, and blending assistive technology, seating and mobility, and thoughtful home modifications instead of over-engineering major construction.​
  • Business and mindset insights on overcoming fears about cash-based services, making home modifications affordable yet profitable, learning to “think like a business owner,” and staying energized in OT by carving out a home mods niche that aligns with your strengths and passions.

Guest details and links:

Resources mentioned:

Connect with The Home Accessibility Therapist:

]]> In this Therapist Thursday episode, Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L talks with Erin DiChiara, OTR/L, an occupational therapist and CHAT-certified home accessibility therapist, about creating a sustainable, values-driven home mods practice that truly fits your life. Erin shares how she supports adult daughters of aging parents, clients with catastrophic injuries, and individuals with lifelong disabilities to safely age in place while running a profitable, meaningful business.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

  • How Erin got started in home modifications over 20 years ago, inspired by her 95-year-old grandmother, and how that experience grew into a CHAT-certified practice serving aging adults, people with catastrophic injuries, and clients with lifelong disabilities.
  • Practical strategies she uses in home visits, including deeply listening to how people actually live, solving problems as simply as possible, and blending assistive technology, seating and mobility, and thoughtful home modifications instead of over-engineering major construction.​
  • Business and mindset insights on overcoming fears about cash-based services, making home modifications affordable yet profitable, learning to “think like a business owner,” and staying energized in OT by carving out a home mods niche that aligns with your strengths and passions.

Guest details and links:

Resources mentioned:

Connect with The Home Accessibility Therapist:

]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 03:00:00 -0700 Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L 2272 In this Therapist Thursday episode, Sue Doyle, PhD, OTR/L talks with Erin DiChiara, OTR/L, an occupational therapist and CHAT-certified home accessibility therapist, about creating a sustainable, values-driven home mods practice that truly fits your life. Erin shares how she supports adult daughters of aging parents, clients with catastrophic injuries, and individuals with lifelong disabilities to safely age in place while running a profitable, meaningful business.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

  • How Erin got started in home modifications over 20 years ago, inspired by her 95-year-old grandmother, and how that experience grew into a CHAT-certified practice serving aging adults, people with catastrophic injuries, and clients with lifelong disabilities.
  • Practical strategies she uses in home visits, including deeply listening to how people actually live, solving problems as simply as possible, and blending assistive technology, seating and mobility, and thoughtful home modifications instead of over-engineering major construction.​
  • Business and mindset insights on overcoming fears about cash-based services, making home modifications affordable yet profitable, learning to “think like a business owner,” and staying energized in OT by carving out a home mods niche that aligns with your strengths and passions.

Guest details and links:

Resources mentioned:

Connect with The Home Accessibility Therapist:

]]> occupational therapy, home modifications, home accessibility, aging in place, OT home health, environmental modifications, fall prevention, fall prevention at home, accessible home design, universal design, home safety assessment, OT home evaluations, bathroom modifications, grab bars and ramps, low-cost home modifications, OT clinical reasoning, OT documentation, OT for older adults, hoarding and OT, disaster preparedness OT, community-based OT, OT private practice, home modification consulting, Certified Home Accessibility Therapist , advanced home modification skills, OT continuing education No Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L S1E1: Office Hours | Introduction 1 1 S1E1: Office Hours | Introduction full bdb7ecb5-1963-476b-b56a-848de0bd76b3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/133c224c
Office Hours: Introduction with Sue Doyle PhD, OTR/L.


In this office hours episode, Sue Doyle PhD, OTR/L introduced herself and shared her inspiration behind The Home Accessibility Therapist and this first episode of The Home Accessibility Therapist Podcast. 


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Office Hours: Introduction with Sue Doyle PhD, OTR/L.


In this office hours episode, Sue Doyle PhD, OTR/L introduced herself and shared her inspiration behind The Home Accessibility Therapist and this first episode of The Home Accessibility Therapist Podcast. 


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Office Hours: Introduction with Sue Doyle PhD, OTR/L.


In this office hours episode, Sue Doyle PhD, OTR/L introduced herself and shared her inspiration behind The Home Accessibility Therapist and this first episode of The Home Accessibility Therapist Podcast. 


Submit a question for a future episode:


Connect with The Home Accessibility Therapist:

]]> occupational therapy, home modifications, home accessibility, aging in place, OT home health, environmental modifications, fall prevention, fall prevention at home, accessible home design, universal design, home safety assessment, OT home evaluations, bathroom modifications, grab bars and ramps, low-cost home modifications, OT clinical reasoning, OT documentation, OT for older adults, hoarding and OT, disaster preparedness OT, community-based OT, OT private practice, home modification consulting, Certified Home Accessibility Therapist , advanced home modification skills, OT continuing education No Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L What is The Home Accessibility Therapist Podcast? 1 1 What is The Home Accessibility Therapist Podcast? trailer 274ba461-76c9-456a-a27f-bfeddbf64eba https://share.transistor.fm/s/948350f9 We are so glad you found us. Follow us online to find out when we will drop the first episode of The Home Accessibility Therapist Podcast!

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]]> occupational therapy, home modifications, home accessibility, aging in place, OT home health, environmental modifications, fall prevention, fall prevention at home, accessible home design, universal design, home safety assessment, OT home evaluations, bathroom modifications, grab bars and ramps, low-cost home modifications, OT clinical reasoning, OT documentation, OT for older adults, hoarding and OT, disaster preparedness OT, community-based OT, OT private practice, home modification consulting, Certified Home Accessibility Therapist , advanced home modification skills, OT continuing education No Sue Doyle PhD OTR/L