The SAFE AT HOME: A Quick Home Safety Assessment

Home safety is an important consideration for most occupational therapy practitioners. The SAFE AT HOME screening tool for home safety awareness is being developed in three phases. The first two phases, reported here, involve setting up potentially unsafe situations in a kitchen setting, having participants identify these problems and explain how they could be fixed. A sample of older participants (N = 126) completed these two phases of the SAFE AT HOME for norming purposes. Results of testing demonstrate that the scores on the SAFE AT HOME differentiate between independent living and long-term care populations. Spearman Brown reliability was determined to be .85. The twelve test items were analyzed for their applicability and ability to differentiate among test takers. Eleven of the twelve items were found to be adequate discriminators.