Safeway Step receives 2010 Caregiver Friendly Award

Safeway Safety Step, LLC (www.safewaystep.com) has recently been recognized by two national organizations renowned for their service and education in aiding caregivers and seniors remaining in their homes or aging in place.  The Safeway Step® is a product and installation method designed to provide an economical renovation option for individuals and facilities interested in easier access into the bathtub area. The Safeway Step® can be used to retrofit an existing bathtub into a walk in shower.

The National Aging In Place Council (NAIPC) identified the Safeway Step® as one of its Top Ten Product Ideas for Practical Advice when aging in place. The NAIPC lists products that: "can make your home more comfortable and your life simpler and safer."  The NAIPC is a senior support network working together to solve problems seniors face. NAIPC was founded on the belief that an overwhelming majority of older Americans want to remain in their homes for as long as possible, but lack awareness of home and community-based services that make independent living possible.

Today's Caregiver magazine and caregiver.com awarded the Safeway Step® a 2010 Caregiver Friendly Award®.  The Caregiver Friendly Awards® are designed to celebrate products, services, books and media created with the needs of caregivers in mind.  According to Gary Barg, Today's Caregiver magazine's Editor-In-Chief, "This award is designed to help family caregivers recognize and reward those organizations who will care for them in as committed a manner as they care for their own loved ones."

"We are very excited to have our product recognized with two such prestigious honors," commented Chris Stafford,  President of Safeway Safety Step.  "We strive to provide products that aid seniors aiming to age in place.  Our walk in shower and walk in bath modifications are great alternatives to complete tear outs and other costly renovations."

Safeway offers multiple bath accessibility products to provide easier accessibility to existing bathtub for a fraction of the cost compared to tearing-out the existing bathtub, including the Safeway Tub Door™ and the Safeway Step®.

The Safeway Tub Door™ is a product and installation method designed to add a water-tight sealable door to an existing bathtub.  Installation of the Safeway Tub Door includes cutting and removing a section of the existing tub and custom fitting the resulting opening with the Safeway Tub Door™.   The Safeway Tub Door™ is an important addition to Safeway's industry leading line of bath accessibility products and builds upon the versatility provided by the Company's initial core product, the Safeway Step®.  The Safeway Step® retrofits the existing bathtub into a permanent walk-in shower and has been installed in thousands of units.

Benefits of Safeway's bathtub modifications include:

•   Makes existing bathtub more accessible;
•   Provides bathtub retrofit options with or without a door;
•   Installed in just two to three hours;
•   Reduces the possibility of falls;
•   Assists with rehabilitation and ability to stay at home longer; and,
•   Saves thousands compared to tearing out and removing the existing bathtub to install more costly renovation options, such as a walk-in shower or bath. 

SOURCE Safeway Safety Step, LLC