Tag: VGM Live at Home
Home accessibility continues to evolve
August 30, 2024HME News Staff
The home accessibility market is still relatively young, but it has come a long way in that short time. Most importantly, the HME industry is increasingly taking ownership of it, says Jim Greatorex, vice president of Waterloo, Iowa-based VGM’s Live at Home division.
“Over the past seven years, 75% of DMEs now have a stand-alone home accessibility business,” Greatorex said. “They have created a home access industry, with in-house contractors and subcontractors, including...
Building Summit seeks to ‘disrupt’ home access market
August 23, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
KANSAS CITY – VGM Live at Home's Building Opportunities Summit in November will help take the home accessibility market to the next level with presentations and breakout sessions on how to leverage the latest in technology, says Jim Greatorex.
Among those technologies: a physician-owned company with a mobile application that brings a clinical aspect to home assessments, says Jim Greatorex, vice president of VGM Live at Home, who was in the process of finalizing a partnership with...
Home access: ‘The next three years are pivotal’
February 14, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WATERLOO, Iowa – Coming off a successful event in the fall and a revamped website early this year, VGM Live at Home is helping to solidify home accessibility as "another link in the home care system,” says Jim Greatorex.
“The next three years are pivotal,” said Greatorex, vice president of VGM Live at Home, a nationwide network of providers focused on home modifications and independent living solutions. “We have a chance for a lot of growth and a chance...
VGM Live at Home unveils new website
January 18, 2024HME News Staff
WATERLOO, Iowa – VGM Live at Home, a division of VGM & Associates, has launched a redesigned website, www.vgmliveathome.com. Refreshed and enhanced for a more user-friendly experience, the site makes it easier for members to find the information they’re looking for. It also includes a members-only portal with an interactive discussion board, allowing members to engage with each other, receive answers to questions, and openly discuss any challenges, best practices or successes. “At...
COVID, aging boomers among drivers for home accessibility
November 13, 2023John Andrews
The home accessibility product category remains strong and continues to provide business opportunities for HME providers. It’s also a market that has been accelerated by the recent COVID-19 pandemic and an influx in aging baby boomers, specialists in the field say.
“From summer 2021 to 2022, the industry was growing at 20% above previous periods,” said Jim Greatorex, vice president of Waterloo, Iowa-based VGM Live at Home, a division of VGM Group. “There has been...
VGM’s Building Opportunities Summit seeks to elevate home access
September 9, 2022Liz Beaulieu, Editor
TAMPA, Fla. – VGM Live at Home will unveil several new initiatives at its Building Opportunities Summit, Nov. 10-12, in Tampa, Fla., that will help to professionalize the home access market, says Jim Greatorex.
“We’ve done this event before, but this one is going to be much bigger,” said Greatorex, vice president of VGM Live at Home. “The theme is: Working together to define, professionalize and grow the home access industry. We have all kinds of things we’re...
Home access reaches fever pitch
June 3, 2022Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WASHINGTON – VGM Live at Home hosted a virtual town hall meeting in May to drum up support for H.R. 7676, a bill that would provide tax incentives for home modifications so seniors and those with disabilities can more easily and safely continue living in their own homes.
The Home Modification for Accessibility Act, introduced by Reps. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., and Thomas Suozzi, D-N.Y., would allow a tax deduction of up to $30,000 for specified home safety and accessibility upgrades....
AAG, VGM coordinate aging in place
October 29, 2021Liz Beaulieu, Editor
IRVINE, Calif. – Seniors may want to age in place, but their homes aren’t set up for it – that’s where a new partnership between AAG and VGM Live At Home comes in, says Scott Harkless, vice president of enterprise partnerships at AAG.
As part of the partnership, VGM Live At Home members will now be able to connect their senior customers directly with AAG loan officers in their local areas to help them fund home modification projects.
“We’re both...
Home access market turns corner
October 29, 2021Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WATERLOO, Iowa – VGM Live at Home has a number of new agreements lined up that will help to position the home accessibility market for “rapid growth” by the end of this year, says Jim Greatorex.
“The home accessibility market is at a turning point,” said Greatorex, vice president of VGM Live at Home. “There’s going to be real, rapid growth by the end of this year and into 2022, where’s it’s going to be really noticeable.”
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Home accessibility demand stays high
October 1, 2021John Andrews
COVID-19 kept everyone home during the pandemic’s ascension, triggering a strong interest in home modifications and jumpstarting demand for home accessibility products and services. A year later, that demand hasn’t waned, specialists in the field say; if anything, they say, it continues to escalate.
“Demand for home accessibility is not slowing down but growing,” said Jim Greatorex, vice president of Waterloo, Iowa-based VGM Live at Home. “Things were a little...