Healthy Home Basics

This Healthy Home Basics presentation will be an interactive conversation focused on the idea of a healthy home versus an unhealthy home and the effects of each on residents. We will discuss some of the major benefits of the 8 Keep It Principles and how they may contribute to a healthy environment when applied. We will also cover how to educate clients on some affordable lifestyle changes they can make to help maintain health and safety. As we navigate through the 8 Keep It Principles, we will identify some of the ailments and injuries that may befall occupants due to unsafe dwelling conditions and we will discuss how the Healthy Home concept can be applied in practical and real-life situations to help address those issues. Finally, we will compare a healthy home evaluation to a weatherization assessment and show how they can be closely related, including a cost analysis on retrofitting a home to make it a healthier and safer environment versus the expenses resulting from emergency room visits.