This section is open to companies and institutions that wish to support simple, independent guidance in Valais. Sponsors have no access to the requests received and do not influence the content.
Obstacle removal in the district of Martigny
DomusHelp helps organize practical support to identify, move or remove simple obstacles inside the home in the district of Martigny and Lower Valais. This subcategory concerns passageways and living areas where a person moves around, stands up, sits down, goes to the toilet, reaches the kitchen, bedroom, entrance or living room: a slipping rug, visible cable, box, shoe, poorly placed small item of furniture, low object, extension lead, basket, cluttered threshold, chair in the passage, side table, bag, plant, pet bowl, decoration or everyday object that has become inconvenient. The aim is to make movement clearer, smoother and safer, without emptying the home, without erasing the person’s familiar markers, without throwing away their belongings and without replacing the opinion of a professional when falls, mobility, vision, balance, pain, fatigue or disorientation raise questions.
What this help covers
This help may consist of walking through the usual routes with the person, identifying visible obstacles, clearing a hallway, moving a small object, bringing closer or removing an inconvenient side table, grouping cables without modifying the electrical installation, repositioning a rug, removing temporary boxes, clearing access to the bed, armchair, toilet, kitchen or front door, placing useful objects in a more logical place and preserving a clear space for a cane, walker or walking aid. It can also help prepare gentle sorting when certain objects need to be kept, given away, moved or removed later, point out an area that remains dangerous and distinguish simple obstacle removal from a more specialized need: occupational therapy assessment, works, fixing, major tidying, heavy handling, deep cleaning, home adaptation or health-social support.
Preferred providers
Insured simple interior safety service
Suitable for identifying obvious obstacles, clearing passageways, moving light objects, making a route clearer, organizing essential objects within reasonable reach and reducing immediate risks without works or technical intervention.
Occupational therapist or health-social professional
Suitable when there are falls, fear of falling, difficulties standing up, walking, turning, seeing obstacles, using a walking aid or when the arrangement must take loss of independence into account.
Gentle tidying, light handling service or qualified local craftsperson
Suitable when several objects must be moved, boxes handled, a small organization restarted, a reasonable piece of furniture moved, a simple element secured or unsuitable carrying by the person and their relatives avoided.
Before the intervention
- Obtain the person’s clear agreement and understand their essential routes: bed, armchair, toilet, kitchen, entrance, doorbell, telephone, balcony or exit.
- Identify visible obstacles without judging the home or habits: rugs, cables, shoes, boxes, low furniture, bags, plants, baskets, decorations or temporary objects.
- Distinguish what can be moved immediately from what must be discussed, sorted, kept, photographed, given away or entrusted to a close person.
- Keep walking aids, glasses, hearing aids, telephone, means of calling for help, personal medication, keys, important documents and reassuring objects accessible.
- Preserve the person’s familiar markers, especially in case of fatigue, anxiety, cognitive difficulties, disorientation or strong attachment to the existing organization.
- Check risk areas: entrance, hallway, foot of the bed, around the armchair, toilet, bathroom, kitchen, thresholds, cables and night routes.
- Do not create a new obstacle by stacking objects, blocking a door, obstructing a radiator, blocking an exit or reducing emergency access.
- Avoid moving heavy, unstable, fixed, fragile or valuable furniture without a suitable provider, safe equipment, insurance and the person’s agreement.
- Plan a clear ending: moved objects explained, any waste removed, passage checked, documents kept and the person able to find their belongings again.
- Stop the intervention if disagreement, distress, fall risk, excessive load, significant accumulation or safety doubt appears.
What DomusHelp does not cover
- Medical, occupational therapy or nursing diagnosis of fall risk, mobility, balance, vision, pain or disorientation.
- Physical mobilization of the person, standing them up, transfer, walking support or care task requiring health-social competence.
- Forced tidying, imposed sorting, removal of personal objects, removal of memories or modification of the home against the person’s will.
- Heavy cleaning, deep decluttering, intervention in an unhygienic home, treatment of major accumulation or situation requiring a specialized team.
- Moving heavy furniture, household appliances, fragile objects, wardrobes, beds, bookcases or fixed elements without a suitable and insured provider.
- Electrical work, adding sockets, modifying cables, lights, switches, extension leads, cable ducts, fixed installations or live appliances.
- Structural work on floors, thresholds, walls, doors, stairs, coverings, fixings, partitions or building elements.
- Installation of medical devices, grab bars, ramps, specialized technical aids or prescribed material without appropriate advice or provider.
- Installation of a camera, surveillance, remote control or device presented as safety support while limiting the person’s privacy or freedom.
- Promising that obstacle removal alone will prevent falls, emergencies, domestic accidents, isolation or loss of independence.
Your advertisement here
This space can present an occupational therapist, an interior safety service, a gentle tidying service, a local craftsperson, a light handling service, a home help association or a useful partner for obstacle removal in the district of Martigny.
- Local visibility in the district of Martigny
- Advertisement separated from DomusHelp services
- Publication only after editorial validation
Need help removing obstacles in the district of Martigny?
DomusHelp can help clarify the request, check whether the intervention remains simple, preserve the person’s familiar markers, identify safety limits and refer the person to an appropriate local provider when the obstacles involve mobility, falls, significant clutter, works or a health-social situation.