Yes. The Senior Home Safety Specialist® (SHSS) certification is the prerequisite. If you already hold SHSS, tick the box at checkout and the full $397 comes off your package price. SHSS is also available on its own for $397 if you want the credential without the business program.

The Age Safe® Directory can improve visibility when families, discharge planners or referral partners search for certified advisors near them, but it does not guarantee leads or clients. Results depend on your location, profile, offer, responsiveness, relationships, marketing and local demand. Membership and the directory listing renew annually.

No. Age Safe® America does not grant exclusive territories or geographic protection. Certified advisors operate independently under their own business name and may serve any client, subject to applicable state and local laws. This is also why there are no ongoing royalties: you’re not buying a franchise, you’re buying training and tools for a business you own outright.

The SHSS certification is self-paced and can typically be finished in about 5 hours. You don’t have to do it all at once. The Advisor business includes another 4–5 hours of online training. It’s fifteen modules across five phases, built for you to work through over several weeks while you apply it with real clients, ending in a 90-day launch plan. There’s also the Advisor Portal, which has a wealth of resources you can peruse at your own pace and use in the course of your launch plan. How fast you build depends on how consistently you work it. Your year-one membership runs a full twelve months from enrollment.

No prior healthcare or senior-services experience is required. The program is built for beginners and for professionals expanding an existing service. No special license is required to perform a home safety assessment or make recommendations. If your plan includes performing modification work yourself, contractor licensing rules in your state still apply to that work; the business training covers where that line sits.

Your training and field kit are yours permanently. Membership and the directory listing renew annually, and the SHSS credential has its own annual recertification ($97). Your SHSS recertification keeps your credential current and allows you to continue to use and access the app. Your active membership allows you to maintain your listing in our Directory and your use of the “Proud Member” Emblem. Confirm current renewal pricing at checkout or in your Advisor Portal before your first renewal date.

The Advisor Program includes immediately downloadable materials, so it is not sold with a blanket money-back guarantee. That’s why we ask you to take a free 30-minute fit call first, and we’ll say so if the program isn’t right for you. The SHSS certification purchased on its own carries a 30-day money-back guarantee, provided you have not completed the full course and earned the credential.

A senior home safety advisor assesses a client’s home for fall and accessibility hazards, documents the findings, prioritizes practical next steps, and explains recommendations to the client and family. Depending on other qualifications, an advisor may also coordinate referrals to contractors or other service providers. The role does not replace a medical evaluation, building-code inspection, engineering opinion or licensed trade work.

You can structure services such as home-safety assessments, prioritized recommendations, family or community education, referral coordination and follow-up planning, subject to your qualifications and local requirements. The program does not grant a clinical, construction, inspection or other regulated license. It is a business and assessment credential, not a substitute for state licensing.

Age Safe® America reports that certified advisors charge approximately $300–$500 for a home-safety assessment, depending on the home and the local market. That’s a reported range, not a typical-result claim. Beyond the assessment, advisors also earn from project coordination, referral fees, product revenue and paid community talks. Every advisor sets their own prices, and Age Safe® America does not guarantee any level of income or number of clients.

Launch ($1,696) includes SHSS certification, the fifteen business-training modules, the 37-document Advisor Field Kit, the Grab Bar Specialist and Aging in Place Essentials courses, lifetime Advisor Portal access, and year-one Platinum Membership with a Directory listing. Guided ($2,096) adds three months of one-on-one coaching with Fritzi Gros-Daillon. Complete ($2,496) adds six months of coaching instead of three. Already SHSS certified? $397 comes off any package.

The Age Safe® Home Score™ turns a 240-point home assessment into a single 0–100 rating across six weighted domains, calculated in the Age Safe® app as the advisor walks the home. It helps document conditions, prioritize recommendations, and generate a branded client report with the score the home would reach after the recommended fixes. It’s a communication and prioritization tool, not a medical diagnosis, code inspection, engineering opinion or safety guarantee.

The Advisor Field Kit includes 37 editable, client-ready documents across thirteen sections, grouped into Win clients, Land partners, Run the business, and Deliver & reference. Examples include lead magnets, outreach decks, referral-partner scripts, forms and agreements, the Field Guide, client-facing materials, a medications and fall-risk reference, and business-plan and operations templates, all editable with your own name and brand.

CAPS (National Association of Home Builders) is a three-day credential course focused on the design and construction side of home modification, typically $700–$1,200. CLIPP (Living In Place Institute) is a similar, design-and-accessibility-focused credential around $600. CSA is a broader credential for professionals serving older adults generally. The Age Safe® Advisor Program covers a different problem: how to build an advisory business centered on keeping older adults safe in their homes. Many advisors hold CAPS or CSA as well. Those credentials cover how the work gets built or the client gets served; the Advisor Program covers how the business gets run.

Coaching is delivered one-on-one by Fritzi Gros-Daillon, MS, CAPS, CSA, SHSS, who wrote the SHSS assessment methodology and curriculum. Guided includes three months of coaching; Complete includes six. Coaching covers launching, first clients, pricing, proposals and assessment delivery. Coaching slots are limited; confirm current session frequency and scheduling with the program before enrolling.

Yes. The program is built for six common starting points: Contractors & Remodelers, Clinical (OTs/PTs/RNs), Care Managers, Realtors, Career Changers, and professionals adding a service line to an existing business, plus family and professional caregivers. What you’re permitted to do varies by profession and state, so the training covers how the advisor service fits each role and when to refer out to a clinician, contractor, inspector or other qualified professional.

Yes, many advisors do. The certification and all fifteen business modules are self-paced, and assessments are typically scheduled by appointment, which makes the work practical to run evenings and weekends or alongside clinical, contracting or real-estate work. The 90-day launch plan is built to be followed at whatever pace you can sustain.