What you need to know
If you are an older person or live with a disability, you may be eligible for home modifications and maintenance.
Your home, your independence, your choice
We can support you living well by improving safety, accessibility and independence in your home through our home modifications and maintenance service.
Our team of qualified and friendly staff will help work out your needs, making decisions together.
We can visit you and provide advice and a free quote.
Home modifications
Home modifications include structural change to your home that increase or maintain your independence.
Our qualified team can install:
- hand held shower hoses
- shower stools
- grab/hand rails (not modular)
- banister rails
- ramps
- platforms
- step extensions
- chair raisers
- safety hinges (not Ross)
- non-slip tape/strips
- remove shower screen/door and replace with a shower curtain
Home maintenance
Home maintenance focuses on repairs or maintenance to support your wellness and mobility.
If you need repairs we can:
- install smoke alarms and/or replace batteries
- replace light globes
- replace tap washers (not flick mixers)
- replace fly screen on windows and doors
- repair doors
- repair/replace locks
- flip bed mattresses
- replace garden taps
- replace tap handles (not lever taps)
Get a free quote
Interested in having some work done to improve the safety of your home? For information about eligibility and getting a free quote, please call us on 9243 1813 or email HomeMaintenance@mvcc.vic.gov.au.
Contact
If you would like more information about our home maintenance and modifications services, please contact the Aged Care team on 9243 8748 or HomeMaintenance@mvcc.vic.gov.au.