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At Keystone Mobility, we understand the challenges our customers face when striving to stay independent.  Therefore we offer home assessments to evaluate their home and work environments.  These evaluations help determine what provisions can be made to assist them in continuing their independence and maintain as high a quality of life as possible.

Working with patients in their home or work environment provides unique opportunities to design programs that meet the specific needs of patients within their individual surroundings.

Keystone Mobility strives to optimize a patient’s environment not only by addressing internal factors, such as strength and balance, but also external factors, such as living environments. Ideal home situations promote independent function and enhance a patient's activities of daily living. A home assessment examines aspects of the living environment both inside and immediately outside the home, denotes areas that may potentially create problems or dangers for a patient, and distinguishes modifications that make the living environment safer and/or more functional.

Keystone Mobility use two types of home assessment tools, a Home Safety Assessment (HSA) and a Functional Environment Assessment (FEA). The HSA evaluates all major areas of the environemnt and rates the assistance required, the difficulty demonstrated by the patients, and the safety exhibited while negotiating the areas. The FEA notes hazards present in various areas of living environments called pathways.  The assessment scores a patient's difficulty with these hazards as well as the frequencies of encountering the hazards.

Assessment Information

Fee Schedule: An initial assessment evaluation typically takes approximately 3 hours between the on-site survey and documentation preparation. The fee for an assessment, either an HSA or FEA, is $250.00. This includes a comprehensive on-site survey, data compilation, and a report of findings and recommendations distributed to up to five (5) facilitators (i.e. physician, therapist, social service, family, etc.) Additional reports can be distributed for a cost of $20/facilitator.

Deductibility: Should the facilitator utilize Keystone Mobility to provide equipment or services to the patient, the costs associated with the survey can be directly deducted from the service or equipment purchased.

Assessment Service Area: Currently, Keystone Mobility is offering Home Assessments to Dauphin, Cumberland, Lancaster, Lebanon and York. Other regions may be considered on a case-by-case basis, and additional travel expenses may be incurred. All attempts will be made to coordinate an assessment with the primary facilitator and patient within 72 hours. Should an emergency assessment be required, please contact Keystone Mobility to arrange for an appointment.