Tag: home access
Next Day Access opens in Oklahoma City
October 31, 2022HME News Staff
OKLAHOMA CITY – Next Day Access has announced the opening of a franchise location in Oklahoma City. Next Day Oklahoma City is owned by husband-and-wife team David and Angelia Goss. The Goss’ became familiar with home accessibility when they became caretakers for Angelia’s father and had to modify their home. David Goss renovated their bathroom himself to make it a safer space for his father-in-law. “Everyone we’ve met at Next Day Access has been great to work with and...
VGM’s Building Opportunities Summit seeks to elevate home access
September 9, 2022Liz Beaulieu, Editor
TAMPA, Fla. – VGM Live at Home will unveil several new initiatives at its Building Opportunities Summit, Nov. 10-12, in Tampa, Fla., that will help to professionalize the home access market, says Jim Greatorex.
“We’ve done this event before, but this one is going to be much bigger,” said Greatorex, vice president of VGM Live at Home. “The theme is: Working together to define, professionalize and grow the home access industry. We have all kinds of things we’re...
NSM builds home base in Atlanta
March 15, 2021HME News Staff
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – National Seating & Mobility has acquired Blue Moose Elevators & Stairlifts in Atlanta, broadening its mobility and accessibility options to clients in the metropolitan and surrounding areas. Blue Moose Elevators & Stairlifts, led by Dr. Jeremy Hammonds, was founded in 2005. “Blue Moose Elevators has an outstanding reputation and people-centered culture that aligns well with our own,” said Bill Mixon, NSM CEO. “We are pleased to welcome this team...
NSM takes more ‘holistic’ approach to Las Vegas branch
March 1, 2021HME News Staff
NASHVIILLE, Tenn. – National Seating & Mobility is adding full-service home access options at its Las Vegas branch. Kevin McManus will join the branch to oversee home access services throughout the region. “We are proud to provide a holistic suite of solutions supporting independence for individuals in and around Las Vegas and are pleased to welcome Kevin to the team of experts serving those clients,” said Bill Mixon, NSM CEO. McManus, who has been working in the complex rehab industry...
NSM expands workers' compensation team
October 20, 2020HME News Staff
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - National Seating & Mobility has added Cynthia Petito and Robert Davies to its National Workers' Compensation Program service team. Petito will serve as program manager, workers' compensation & centralized access; and Davies as general manager of home access solutions/general contractor. “Our NSM360 National Workers' Compensation Program exists to ensure a fully integrated solution to help NSM clients who are injured at work gain self-reliance and independence in their homes...
NSM tapped as national partner for catastrophic care
July 14, 2020HME News Staff
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - National Seating & Mobility has finalized an agreement with Paradigm Catastrophic Care Management, a care manager for catastrophic injuries. The agreement confirms NSM as a complex rehab technology and home access partner for Paradigm's clinical operations, aligning the nationwide networks of both companies and broadening the mobility and access services available to injured workers and their families. “Paradigm's innovative approach, commitment to excellence and whole person...
Lifeway Mobility makes investment
February 5, 2020HME News Staff
HARTFORD, Conn. - Lifeway Mobility has invested in Twin City Stairlifts/Ability Solutions in Burnsville, Minn., expanding its product offerings, service capacity and coverage area.Twin City Stairlifts/Ability Solutions is a licensed dealer of stairlifts, wheelchair lifts, residential elevators, ramps, step-in tubs and overhead lifts. It also offers bath safety and other home modifications.“Twin City Stairlifts/Ability Solutions brings a level of customer care and expertise that complements...
Home access market primed to explode
November 1, 2019Liz Beaulieu, Editor
ATLANTA - VGM's Jim Greatorex likens the current status of the home accessibility market to the complex rehab market 15 years ago.“It's only reached 15% of its potential,” said Greatorex, vice president of VGM Live at Home at Medtrade on Oct. 21. “All the companies that we work with, they all had record-breaking 2018s and they say they're going to break their records again for 2019.”Current estimates peg the home access market at $700 million annually. Greatorex expects that...
NSM builds up home access biz
May 21, 2019HME News Staff
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - National Seating & Mobility has acquired Living Free Home, expanding its presence in the Northeast. The acquisition adds branches in Madison, N.J., and Boston, and allows the company to now serve clients throughout New Jersey, New York City and Massachusetts. Since launching in 2003, Living Free Home has become the largest home accessibility provider in the Northeast, NSM says, specializing in stair lifts, vertical platform lifts, ramps, auto lifts, ceiling track lifts, incline...
Merits Health launches home access division
July 12, 2017HME News Staff
CAPE CORAL, Fla. - Merits Health Products has launched a new home access division called Pilot. The division currently offers an economical straight stair lift that it says is easy to work on and can be adjusted to fit most applications. Later this year, Pilot plans to launch additional products, with the goal of offering a full line of home accessibility products. Andy and Lisa Scothern are heading up the new division. “We are thrilled to have them on board,” said Chris Blackmore, national...