Falls can change everything for
Kansas City Seniors,
but they don't have to
Falls can mean serious injuries, hospital stays, and losing the independence you value. In Kansas City, 1 in 3 adults over 65 falls each year, often leaving families burdened with caregiving responsibilities, physical injuries, and emotional stress.
Aging at home is your goal, and we’re here to help you achieve it safely.
Are you at risk?
• Have you fallen this year?
• Do you feel unsteady while walking?
• Are you using a walking aid?
• Do you often rush to the bathroom?
• Do you take medications that make you feel dizzy?
Book your free consultation and let us support your goal of staying safe and independent at home.
Age Doesn’t Define Your Driving—Safety Does
A driver rehabilitation specialist is an experienced occupational therapist with advanced training in driving rehabilitation. We provide driving risk assessments to determine safe goals for travel. Get a personalized driving evaluation to ensure you’re road-ready for years to come.
Here's How We Help
1
Comprehensive Evaluation
We’ll obtain your doctor’s referral and then review whether your services are covered by insurance or require private pay, so you’ll know any out-of-pocket costs upfront. Next, we come to your home for a thorough interview and use evidence-based assessments to discover your needs and prioritize services—whether that’s fall prevention, driving safety, medication management, sleep support, incontinence care, and daily home management
—to support successful aging in place.
2
Personalized Plan
Together, we’ll design a personalized plan to build skills and strategies that enhance safety, confidence, and independence. Your plan may include recommendations for practical strategies, affordable equipment, or home modifications to make daily activities easier, reduce fall risk, and support healthy aging through non-medication approaches. We also offer driving rehabilitation to maintain safe mobility—or guidance for planning driving retirement when the time is right.
3
Caregiver Collaboration
We include caregivers in every step of the aging-in-place process, providing guidance to empower your loved one and maintain independence. We connect you with trusted community resources across multiple areas: elder law, financial guidance, mental health, social engagement, and handyman and contracting services. By integrating these services with our occupational therapy support, we help create a comprehensive plan that keeps your loved one safe, independent, and supported.
Our Process
Create a safe environment and gain skills to help you stay independent
within the comfort of your home.
Phone Consultation
First, we'll have a complimentary 20 minute phone consultation to meet each other, and answer any questions you have.
At this time we will also collect Medicare B information that you or your loved one is enrolled in.
In-Home
Assessment
We come right to you to develop a plan customized to your needs.
We will assess you (the person), the environment (your home), and your tasks (what matters to you). Included is a full report with recommendations and resources that fit your needs.
Follow up
Follow-up visits to establish adaptive strategies and home exercise programs, train on home modifications and equipment, and provide caregiver training, will be scheduled.
Suppose only a home safety assessment is needed. In that case, it includes a follow-up phone call to see how the new recommendations are working and address any questions.
Kristen's passion is helping people stay in their homes! Over the years, she has seen the strain on families when illness, surgery or disease makes returning home difficult or impossible. She has witnessed the isolation and lack of support seniors can experience even under Assisted Living care. She has helped countless caregivers navigate their loved ones' advancing needs.
These experiences and passions have lead Kristen to develop an innovative, holistic approach to rehabilitation which centers on what is most important to her, clients in their homes. Her goal is to help you make the changes you need to plan for your aging, in order to stay safe at home. Through gaining new skills, improving your home's safety, and engaging in the things you love to do, let Kristen help make your dream of aging in place a reality!
Meet
KRISTEN LIENHOP, MSOT, OTR/L, SHSS
Occupational Therapist,
licensed in MO & KS
Senior Home Safety Specialist
in Kansas City
Kristen is a highly experienced Occupational Therapist with 27 years of expertise in senior living, rehabilitation, and home safety. She has worked in hospitals, home health, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, school, and community settings. Passionate about helping individuals age in the right place, Kristen has developed a holistic, client-centered approach that integrates home modifications, skill-building, and personalized strategies to enhance safety, independence, and quality of life.
She is dedicated to empowering seniors and their families to navigate the challenges of aging while staying in the comfort of home.
We Help KC Seniors Live Safely at Home
Areas of Expertise
1 / Age-Related Debility
decreased strength, impaired balance, coordination issues, tremors, low vision, incontinence, sleep issues,
cognitive decline, loss of motivation and/or meaningful activity
2 / Neurological Disease
post-stroke, alzheimer's disease and dementia,
parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, developmental disability, ALS, post polio syndrome
3 / Chronic Conditions
heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, chronic pain, hypertension/hypotension
4 / orthopedic issues
total joint replacements, degenerative joint disease, rheumatoid arthritis, fractures and injuries
IDENTIFY YOUR RISK
LEARN STRATEGIES
GAIN SKILLS
ENHANCE YOUR HOME
THRIVE AT HOME
TESTIMONIALS
Peers Recommend
Shannan SLP
Kristen is a compassionate Occupational Therapist who always puts her clients first! She takes the time to learn about each client and their individual needs in order to meet their specific goals!
I highly recommend working with Kristen!
Natalie OTR/L
“Kristen brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in fall prevention, home safety and home modifications as a result of her extensive experience as an occupational therapist in home health, hospital and inpatient care settings. She is highly sensitive to patient and family desires to remain safely in the home while also being respectful of the home environment when making recommendations. Kristen comes highly recommended as an excellent resource for allowing loved ones to
age in place.”
Regina RPT
“Kristen is one of the most knowledgeable but also compassionate therapists I have worked with. She continually focuses on the whole person within her plans of care and will always go to bat for her patients to reach their goals”