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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:
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:
- Read the articles: https://thehomeaccessibilitytherapist.blog/2026/03/29/the-growing-demand-for-ot-in-home-safety-a-landscape-of-opportunity/
https://thehomeaccessibilitytherapist.blog/2026/01/06/2026-home-accessibility-trends-what-chat-therapists-need-to-know/ - View any photos, diagrams, or checklists mentioned in this episode on the blog.
Related trainings and courses:
- Certified Home Accessibility Therapist (CHAT): https://www.thehomeaccessibilitytherapist.com/CHAT
- All Courses: https://www.thehomeaccessibilitytherapist.com/courses
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What is 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.