Home Safety and Technology Assessment in South Jersey
A planning conversation for aging-in-place adults, neurodivergent households, and multigenerational families. Designed around how you actually live.
Book Your Free 30-Minute Discovery CallWho the Home Safety and Technology Assessment Is For
Most homes were designed for a hypothetical average resident. Yours is lived in by real people, and that gap shows up every day.
You are planning ahead
You are healthy, and your home is fine for now. You want to know what to change before you need to, not after a fall or a scare forces the conversation. This is a planning conversation, not a crisis response.
Your household has specific needs
Sensory sensitivities, executive function differences, mobility considerations, cognitive change. Your home was not designed with your household in mind, and you are compensating daily for the gap. That has a real cost.
Your family is navigating a transition
A discharge, a new diagnosis, a parent moving in, a child's needs evolving. Something has changed and you need a clear picture of what the home needs to catch up before the next thing happens.
No commitment. No pitch. Just a clear conversation about whether this is the right fit.
What Makes the Home Safety Assessment Different
Most home safety checklists were written for a different household. This one starts with yours.
It is a conversation, not an inspection
The assessment starts with who you are and how you live, not with a clipboard and a tape measure. I walk through your home in the order you actually use it, and I ask questions that a generic checklist never would.
Both populations, one instrument
Most assessments serve aging adults or neurodivergent families. This one is built for both, and for households where those needs overlap. The 230-point instrument was designed with that intersection in mind.
Technology as a tool, not a sales pitch
Every technology recommendation defaults to local control, no required subscriptions, and systems that keep working when the internet goes down. Your data stays in your home. I am not an integrator. I am a consultant. There is nothing I am trying to sell you.
A plan, not a report
You leave with prioritized recommendations, quick wins you can act on this week, and referrals that go somewhere, not a document that sits in a drawer. The report review call is built in because a written plan without a conversation to back it up is not a plan.
How the Home Safety Assessment Works, End to End
Assess first, recommend second, implement third. Every step is deliberate.
Step 1: Book your discovery call
Use the scheduler to reserve a free 30-minute call. Your pre-call intake survey arrives automatically and needs to be completed at least 24 hours before the call. That is what makes the 30 minutes useful.
Step 2: Discovery call (free, 30 minutes)
No commitment required. The call confirms whether this assessment is the right fit, which track matches your household, and what a visit would look like. If it is not a match, I will say so.
Step 3: Pre-visit intake
Once you book the assessment, you receive a detailed intake form covering household context, daily routines, sensory profiles, existing technology, and what prompted you to reach out. Thorough intake makes the visit more useful.
Step 4: The assessment visit (90 to 210 minutes)
A structured walkthrough using a 230-point instrument aligned to the CLIPP, CAPS, and SHSS frameworks. You and I move through your home in the order you live in it: entry, kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms, living spaces, technology ecosystem. The visit ends with a conversation.
Step 5: Written report (within 5 business days)
Your top priorities, quick wins, longer-term recommendations, rough cost ranges, and referrals, plus a plain-language summary page that you can share with a family member, caregiver, or contractor.
Step 6: Report review call (30 to 45 minutes)
You and I walk through the report together, questions get answered, and the findings become a sequenced plan. Where referrals are warranted, I offer a warm introduction, not just a name. For neurodivergent and complex households, a 30-day check-in is also included.
What's Included, by Home Safety Assessment Track
Flat-rate pricing per track. Travel surcharges apply by distance from Cherry Hill, NJ, starting at 11 miles, and get confirmed on the discovery call.
| Planning Ahead (AIP/Living-in-Place) |
Neurodivergent Household | ND with Child Safety | Multigenerational | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free discovery call | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pre-visit intake | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| On-site assessment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 230-point instrument | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Photo documentation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Written report + plain-language summary | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Referral coordination | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Report review call | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Neurodivergent profiling | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Child safety section | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| 30-day check-in call | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Investment | $375 | $475 | $575 | $625 |
Remote Safety Snapshot
For households outside South Jersey, the Remote Safety Snapshot is a complete service built around guided video. Structured 60 to 75 minute walkthrough, intake questionnaire, standard photo set, and a written report scoped to what was assessed.
Investment: $295. Available nationally and internationally. Full details here.
Accessible Vacation Rental Audit
For short-term rental hosts, a three-part audit covering safety and code compliance, accessibility and universal design, and technology and guest privacy. Documented findings, prioritized fixes.
Investment: $495. Full details here.
Not sure which track fits? The discovery call is the right place to figure that out. Reassessments are available at 75% of the current posted rate.
Book Your Free 30-Minute Discovery CallWhat's in Your Home Safety Assessment Report
A plan you can actually use, not a document that sits in a drawer.
- Top 3 priorities, with specific recommendations and rationale for each
- Quick wins, actionable items for this week, with enough detail to act on them without calling me back
- Longer-term recommendations, sequenced by urgency and impact, not alphabetically
- Rough cost ranges where applicable, so that you can plan without being surprised
- Specialist referrals to OT, PT, contractor, or other providers, with context for the question you are sending them with
- Plain-language summary page for sharing with a family member, caregiver, or contractor who was not at the visit
- Follow-up timeline and a trigger list for when reassessment makes sense
Why I Structured the Home Safety Assessment This Way
I am Ashley Williams, a universal design consultant with a specialization in home safety and smart home technology. I assess first, recommend second, and coordinate the implementation third. That sequence is what separates a consultancy from an integrator, and it runs through every engagement I take on.
The assessment draws on three credentialing frameworks: CLIPP (Certificate for Living in Place Professional, Living in Place Institute), CAPS (Certified Aging in Place Specialist, National Association for Home Builders), and SHSS (Senior Home Safety Specialist, Age Safe America / Johns Hopkins). It also draws on two decades of enterprise technology experience at organizations like Verizon, Cisco, ServiceNow, and Fastly. That technology background is why every recommendation in this practice defaults to local control and privacy-first architecture. I have spent a long time working in the infrastructure that cloud systems run on. I know what those systems can and cannot protect.
I conduct every assessment personally. There is no team member that I send instead. If I cannot take your project, I will tell you, and I will refer you to someone who can.
CLIPP
Certificate for Living in Place Professional
Living in Place Institute
CAPS
Certified Aging in Place Specialist
National Association for Home Builders
SHSS
Senior Home Safety Specialist
Age Safe America
What Home Safety Assessment Clients Say
"Ashley's attention to detail and responsible attitude have allowed her to build strong relationships with our team. Her genuine commitment to finding optimal solutions for us is evident in her work."
"I didn't realize how many things in our home were working against us until Ashley walked through it with us. The report gave us a clear starting point, so we knew exactly what to do first."
"She understood how our son actually experiences our house, not how a neurotypical person would. That made all the difference."
Frequently Asked Questions About the Home Safety Assessment
Book directly using the scheduler on this page. You will receive a short pre-call intake survey immediately after. Completing it at least 24 hours ahead of your call is what makes the 30 minutes worthwhile.
Use the link in your confirmation email. If your intake survey has not been completed 24 hours before the call, I reach out to reschedule rather than proceed without it.
No. The assessment evaluates your home as it is, whether that is fully wired or completely analog. Technology recommendations are made where they would genuinely help, not because they are available.
Neither. This is a consultancy assessment. I evaluate and recommend, and I flag when a physician, OT, PT, or licensed contractor needs to be part of the picture. I do not make clinical diagnoses or perform construction work.
Yes, and I encourage it. Warm referrals go both directions. If you have an existing OT relationship, I coordinate rather than duplicate the work.
Yes. Many of the highest-impact recommendations, including technology, organization, lighting, and routine anchoring, require no permanent modification. Where physical changes are needed, I note what is reversible and what would require landlord coordination.
That is what the discovery call is for. It is free, it is 30 minutes, and it is specifically designed to answer that question, with no commitment required.
Yes, at 75% of the current posted rate. Life changes, including a health event, a family member moving in, or a significant home modification completing, are all good reasons to revisit. I build a trigger list into your report so that you know when to call.
Related Services
If geography, schedule, or readiness makes an in-person visit the wrong fit right now, the Remote Safety Snapshot is the starting point that still leaves you with a written report.
Aging in Place Home Safety Assessment
The Planning Ahead track of the home safety assessment, scoped for adults who want to stay in their homes and the families helping them. $375 flat-rate.
See the Planning Ahead trackNeurodivergent Household Assessment
The Neurodivergent track, AuDHD-informed, with the optional Child Safety extension. Sensory environment, executive function, routine anchoring, elopement risk. $475 base.
See the Neurodivergent trackRemote Safety Snapshot
The guided video walkthrough version of the assessment, for households outside the in-person service area or for those who want a starting point before booking a full visit. $295 flat-rate, no travel surcharge.
See the Remote Safety SnapshotAccessible Vacation Rental Audit
The three-part audit for short-term rental hosts: safety and code compliance, accessibility and universal design, and technology and guest privacy. $495 flat-rate.
See the Accessible Vacation Rental AuditReady to See What Your Home Could Do for You?
Book a free 30-minute discovery call. No commitment, no pitch, just a clear conversation about whether this is the right fit. Your intake survey arrives automatically once you book.
South Jersey · In-person and remote assessments available
"Finally, someone who is actually thinking about this. I didn't know where to start before the call. By the end of the report review, I had a sequenced plan and a contractor my OT already knew."