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Home Safety Class: Principles of Aging in Place
Led by Occupational Therapists, Sinead Harrington and Tripta Velamoor, with expertise in home design and modifications, the class will review simple solutions and strategies to ensure your safety at home including fall prevention solutions. The class will also provide recommendations of aesthetically pleasing equipment that will match your homes decor. You will leave the class with a list of recommendations that you can easily implement when you return home. We will discuss:
-        Concepts of health aging, aging in place principles
-        Fall prevention strategies within the home
-        Recommendations to improve accessibility and safety for each room in the home
-        Pictures and resources of aesthetically pleasing options such as grab bars, ramps, rugs, lighting

Instructor Tripta Velamoor is co-founder of Ideal Home Innovations Inc. She holds a doctoral degree in occupational therapy from Boston University and advanced certification as an Assistive Technology Practitioner. Tripta has over 20 years of clinical experience as an occupational therapist, with expertise in working with children with special needs and their families. Tripta is also a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Occupational Therapy Department at New York University.

Instructor Sinead Harrington is co-founder of Ideal Home Innovations Inc. She has been practicing as an occupational therapist for the past 15 years in the specialty area of adult rehabilitation. She has worked at premier hospitals and rehabilitation centers in NY, NJ, and CT.  She earned her doctoral degree in occupational therapy from Thomas Jefferson University, and has extensive training and specialized certification in Aging in Place (CAPS). Sinead is an Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy at the New York-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences in Bronxville, NY. 

We expect students to have consulted with their doctor before starting any new exercise program.