Licensed #EASTGB744B1. Insured. Senior discounts available. Eastside Grab Bars is owned and operated by Mark Costello, and the business offers a full senior home safety assessment for older adults and their families across East King County. The visit is practical, calm, and designed to answer one question: what needs to change in this house so a parent, spouse, or grandparent can keep living here safely.
A good home safety visit is not a sales pitch. The assessment involves walking the whole home with trained eyes and leaving behind a written plan of what matters most. The household decides what to do next. Residents of Issaquah, Bellevue, Redmond, Sammamish, Kirkland, Newcastle, and nearby can usually be scheduled within a few days of the first call.
One out of four adults over 65 falls every year, and most of those falls happen at home, according to the CDC. The hazards that cause them are easy to miss when you see the house every day. A loose rug at the top of a stairway. A dim hallway between the bed and the bathroom. A low toilet. A shower step that seemed fine ten years ago. An assessment walks through the home with fresh eyes and fresh training so nothing gets missed.
The point is not to make a senior feel surrounded by problems. The point is to find the three or four changes that matter most, so the fixes are focused, affordable, and actually get done. A long list of everything wrong with a house helps no one. A short list of what actually causes falls saves lives.
The assessment looks at how the person actually moves through the home, not just at the home itself. The same living room is a safe space for one senior and a fall hazard for another. Matching the home to the person is the whole point.
A full senior home safety assessment is usually a one to two hour visit, with follow-up delivered in writing.
A call or message kicks things off with a 10 to 15 minute conversation about the senior, the home, and the current worry. Recent falls. A hospital stay. A new diagnosis. A spouse who can no longer help with transfers. Those details guide what gets looked at during the visit.
Mark comes to the home and walks every space with the senior and family if they want to be there. He watches how the person gets out of bed, into the bathroom, down the hall, up the stairs. Direct questions get asked and answers get listened to. Structural details also get checked: wall construction, stud locations, lighting circuits, handrail anchoring.
After the visit, a written plan ranks what matters most. High-priority items first, things that can wait second. The plan includes both work that Eastside Grab Bars can handle and items that fall outside that scope, so the full picture is visible even if some items involve another trade.
If the household wants the installation handled in-house, scheduling happens on their terms. If they want to hire someone else for some items, the plan spells out what to ask for. Either way, a check-in a few weeks later confirms how things are going.
Mark founded Eastside Grab Bars after watching his own aging family members struggle at home. He realized how often small hazards go unnoticed until someone falls. After retiring from the US Small Business Administration in Seattle in 2021, he built this business around assessments and installations that actually prevent those falls.
Mark holds the Aging in Place Home Safety Advisor designation through Age Safe America, the largest aging-in-place advocacy organization in the country. That certification means the assessments follow the same structured approach used by aging-in-place specialists around the country. He also volunteers with Rebuilding Together Seattle, where hundreds of senior homes across King County have been assessed and upgraded.
A flat fee covers the in-home visit and written plan. The fee is credited back toward installation if the household hires Eastside Grab Bars for the work. Most families find the visit pays for itself just by catching the one or two items that would have caused a fall.
Most visits run one to two hours depending on home size and how many areas need attention. Larger homes with stairs and multiple bathrooms take longer. The assessment does not get rushed. Its value is in the time spent watching how the person actually moves.
Yes. The written plan is formatted so an OT, physical therapist, or case manager can use it as part of the care plan. Direct coordination with any professional already working with the senior is welcome.
Call Mark at (425) 522-8663, or send a message through the contact form for a same-day response. A short visit now can prevent a fall, a hospital stay, or an unwanted move out of the home.
Senior discounts are available.
