FAQ
- Home Modification general inquiries.
- Home Modification Service levels and eligibility criteria for Home and Community Care (HACC) service users
- What is the Information Clearinghouse?
- Will education and training be provided for the Home Modification and Maintenance coordinators?
- Whom can we speak to if we have concerns about the information on the website or want to offer suggestions?
- Has the Clearinghouse project team considered any overseas models in developing this website?
- How was the value of information to Home Modification and Maintenance service providers assessed?
- Is the HMInfo Clearinghouse able to assist with complaints about home modification jobs?
- What demographic changes are driving the need to change residential construction practice?
- What causes slips, trips and fall injuries?
- What is the Coefficient of Friction (COF)?
- Why can't data on Coefficient of Friction (COF) values of timber be located?
- Why is the lack of Coefficient of Friction (COF) values of timber an issue?
- Is compliance with the Building Code of Australia - 04 stair design principles for staircases sufficient?
- Should builders add a grabrail besides the toilet based on Australian Standards for Access and Mobility (AS 1428.1)?
- Could a builder be considered negligent, or be held liable if a user slipped on the bathroom floor after construction?
The Home Modification Information Clearinghouse Website was developed to cater for people with disabilities. The pages comply with the strict HTML 4.0 definition, use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for their layout.
For more information about the standards which were followed in the development of this site, visit the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) site.
The pages of the Home Modification Information Clearinghouse Website which have been validated as XHTM, CSS and WAI-A compliant and accessible contain the appropriate logos at the bottom of the page (for example, this page).
The validation engines used were:
- W3C HTML Validator
- (http://validator.w3.org/)
- W3C CSS Validator
- (http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/)
- Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
- (http://www.w3.org/WAI/)
- Bobby Disability access validator
- (http://www.cast.org/bobby/)
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