Right Fit Living Assessment
A Personalized Home Assessment for Safety, Independence & Long-Term Living
One-time fee: $500
Is your aging parent’s current home still supporting the way they live today? Or are you considering a new home and wondering whether it will continue to work as their needs change?
The Right Fit Living Assessment is a comprehensive in-home consultation designed to help families better understand how a home supports — or may limit — a loved one’s independence, mobility, safety, accessibility, and long-term quality of life.
Led by Christa Malsbury, a licensed Occupational Therapy Professional and South Bay real estate specialist, this consultation goes beyond what you would typically learn from a home inspection.
Instead of focusing primarily on the physical condition of the property, Christa looks at how your loved one actually lives within the space — including how they enter the home, move from room to room, use everyday spaces, complete daily activities, and navigate areas that may become more difficult over time.
The goal is to help you identify practical opportunities for improvement and make informed decisions about whether the current home can continue to be the right fit.
Start With Your Loved One’s Goals
Every assessment begins with a personal conversation about your loved one, their home, and what matters most to them.
Christa takes time to understand their current circumstances as well as their longer-term vision for living at home.
The conversation may include:
- Current mobility or accessibility challenges
- Areas of the home that have become difficult to use
- Daily routines and activities
- Safety concerns
- Caregiving considerations
- Changes the family is already anticipating
- The desire to remain in the home long term
- Future housing plans or possible transitions
This helps ensure that the assessment is based on the individual — not simply a checklist of features within the home.
Walk Through the Home Together
Next, Christa conducts a guided tour of the home while considering mobility, safety, accessibility, and everyday usability.
The assessment looks at how the home functions as a complete living environment and where physical features may create challenges now or in the future.
Depending on the property and your loved one’s needs, the consultation may consider areas such as:
- Entrances and exits
- Hallways and pathways through the home
- Stairs and changes in elevation
- Bedrooms
- Bathrooms
- Kitchen spaces
- Doorways and thresholds
- Flooring and potential obstacles
- Everyday access to frequently used areas
Rather than simply identifying whether something meets a particular standard, the focus is on whether the space works well for the person who lives there.
Document the Home
As part of the consultation, photo and video documentation of the home is collected to support the assessment.
This documentation helps create a clearer picture of the existing environment and can be especially useful when discussing possible changes with other professionals involved in your loved one’s care or home.
It also provides families with a visual reference as they consider recommendations, compare options, or plan future improvements.
Receive Your Home Consultation Report
After the assessment, you will receive a written Home Consultation Report summarizing observations and recommendations from the visit.
The report is designed to give you a practical resource you can refer back to as decisions are made.
You may also share the report with members of your loved one’s support team, including their:
- Physician
- Care team
- Contractor
- Family members
- Other professionals involved in planning their care or living environment
Having the information documented in one place can make conversations about the home clearer and help everyone involved better understand the considerations that were identified.
Make your next decision about home with greater clarity and confidence.
Understand Your Options & Next Steps
After evaluating the home, Christa provides recommendations for modifications and next steps tailored to your loved one’s individual needs.
Some homes may benefit from relatively simple changes. Others may require more extensive modifications or prompt a larger conversation about whether the property remains the right long-term fit.
The purpose of the assessment is not to push you toward one particular solution.
It is to give you and your family better information so you can decide what makes the most sense for your loved one’s safety, independence, comfort, and future plans.
Considering a New Home?
The Right Fit Living Assessment is also available when evaluating a prospective home purchase.
When you are considering a new property, Christa can consult on the home’s physical layout and accessibility before you buy.
This additional perspective can help you look beyond finishes, square footage, and first impressions to consider questions such as:
- How easily can your loved one move throughout the home?
- Does the layout support their current needs?
- Are stairs or level changes likely to create challenges?
- How usable are the bathroom and kitchen spaces?
- Could the property accommodate future modifications if needs change?
- Does the home have the potential to support greater independence over time?
Evaluating these considerations before purchasing can help you make a more confident, informed decision about whether a property is truly the right fit.
A Home Should Support the Person Who Lives There
For many families, deciding whether to modify an existing home, remain in place, or consider a move can feel complicated.
The Right Fit Living Assessment provides a professional, person-centered perspective to help you understand how the home and your loved one’s needs fit together.
The Right Fit Living Assessment
One-time fee: $500
Your assessment includes:
- A personal conversation about your loved one’s goals, challenges, and long-term vision for their home
- A guided home tour with expert consultation on mobility, safety, and accessibility
- Photo and video documentation of the home
- A written Home Consultation Report that can be shared with a physician, care team, or contractor
- Recommendations for modifications and next steps tailored to your loved one’s needs
- Consultation on the physical layout and accessibility of prospective homes when evaluating a new home purchase
