[Adaptation of the home, the occupational therapist's assessment]

When the functional independence of elderly people starts to diminish, the choice of adapted assistive devices and some simple modifications to the home can allow them to continue to perform their daily tasks safely and easily. Likewise, when physical dependency is established, the choice of relevant assistive devices enables these people to continue living in their home in the right conditions, both for the person concerned as well as for their direct carers. In these different situations, the assessment by the occupational therapist enables the solutions to be adjusted to the capacities, the morphology and the lifestyles of the elderly person.