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In this episode Kathy Greiner gives eye-opening insights to what it means to age in place or have wheelchair mobility to ensure that families and individuals can live independently and safely in their homes.

Kathy Greiner is Executive Director of Rebuilding Together Minnesota. Since 1997 this nonprofit serves low-income homeowners who are seniors, individuals living with disabilities, families with children and veterans and their families in need, as well as nonprofit facilities in need of repairs.

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Kathy: “..the homeowners have essentially become trapped in their home because ...they can't navigate the steps out the back door and they just don't know what to do. So they...become home bound. And ... the team goes out and builds a ramp and they see the homeowner use that to go out of their house for the first time in three years... it's really emotional for everybody. “

Kathy: “Our first concern is to make sure a family is safe and healthy in that home...Because as some research has actually shown... your home is one of those major determinants of your health.”

Kathy: “...for our volunteers, it really does bring home the idea that there are conditions here ... that we need to help our neighbors...You walk into someone's home and you see what's going on, you just have a different appreciation for how people have to survive.”

LINKS

Rebuilding Together Minnesota

SPNN Forum: Rebuilding Together Minnesota

Rebuilding Together started as “Christmas in April in Midland Texas in 1973 by Bobby Trimble and a group of friends.

St. Catherine University, St. Paul, Minnesota Occupational Therapy Assistant Associate Degree Program

St. Catherine University, St. Paul, Minnesota- Doctor of Occupational Therapy

Metropolitan Center for Independent Living

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