Decision Support

The Safer Home Checklist for Connecticut Families

Use this Connecticut safer-home checklist to spot bathroom, entry, lighting, security, automation, electrical readiness, and storm resilience priorities.

Families deciding whether to renovate, modify, secure, automate, or prepare a home for aging in place.

Safety and Independence

Start with the places where daily movement becomes risky: bathrooms, stairs, entries, thresholds, hallways, kitchens, and nighttime routes.

  • Bathroom entry and bathing risk
  • Grab bar and blocking needs
  • Thresholds and steps
  • Hallway and stair lighting
  • Kitchen storage and reachability

Security and Automation

Simple technology can help when it reduces friction: smart locks, doorbell cameras, path lighting, leak/freeze sensors, family permissions, and documented device ownership.

Power and Resilience

Review the panel, critical circuits, generator readiness, sump pump backup, Wi-Fi backup, security backup, and cold-weather risks before a storm forces the issue.

When to Get an Assessment

If several checklist items apply, a Home Safety, Power & Resilience Assessment can turn the list into a prioritized do now, do next, do later plan.

Turn the checklist into a written roadmap

The Home Safety, Power & Resilience Assessment turns research into a written roadmap for safety, electrical readiness, generator planning, lighting, security, automation, and phased project decisions.

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