Accessible housing assessment
You can apply for an accessible housing assessment if you are on the North Ayrshire Housing Register (NAHR) and:
- you are having difficulty accessing the facilities within your current home
- someone in your household is
An accessible housing assessment focuses on the person’s ability, or inability, to perform essential day to day tasks within their home. It’s not about a person’s health condition. It’s about the way the health condition affects how a person manages at home.
An Occupational Therapist carries out the assessment. They will look at:
- mobility - how easy it is for you to move around
- access - getting in and out of rooms and your home, and getting to necessary equipment and facilities in your home
- stairs
- transfers - like getting in and out of bed
- personal care - like washing and dressing
- domestic tasks
- lifestyle and social interactions
- how carers, or family, help to manage these tasks
They will consider whether the health condition will get worse and how this may affect the person in the future.
The Occupational Therapist may ask medical professionals for information about your health condition. We will tell you if this happens.
Only the aspects that can be improved by moving to a new home will be considered in awarding accessible housing points.