Senior Home Safety & Accessible Showers in Durham Region | Magna Integrated Services
Senior Home Safety

Staying Home,
Safely

Grab bars, accessible showers and entry access — fitted properly, finished well, and designed so the house still looks like a house. Across Durham and York Regions.

Magna Integrated Services is registered with March of Dimes Canada's Home and Vehicle Modification Program. If you're applying for funding, we can provide the contractor quote your application needs.

What We Do

Small Changes, Big Difference

Most people don't need a whole house adapted. They need three or four things changed in the bathroom and at the front door — done properly, by someone who fits them to the person rather than to a standard height.

Dark bronze grab bar beside a bathtub in a white-tiled bathroom

Grab Bars & Support Rails

Fitted where they're actually needed — beside the toilet, at the shower entry, along the tub — and anchored into solid framing or proper backing, not drywall anchors. A bar that pulls out of the wall is worse than no bar at all.

  • Anchored into studs or dedicated blocking
  • Bathroom, hallway and stairwell placements
  • Brushed, chrome and white finishes
  • Installed to an occupational therapist's placement plan where you have one
Curbless walk-in shower with floor tile running level into the enclosure

Curbless & Low-Curb Showers

Replacing a tub or a high-sided shower with something that can be walked or wheeled into. This is usually the single change that lets someone keep using their own bathroom unaided.

  • Curbless and low-threshold systems
  • Proper slope and drainage so water stays in
  • Slip-resistant floor finishes
  • Multiple tile and panel finishes — it should still look like a bathroom
Built-in tiled bench in a marble walk-in shower

Shower Seating

Fold-down seats and fixed benches, mounted to carry real weight. Being able to sit turns a shower from something that needs supervision into something private again.

  • Wall-mounted fold-down seats
  • Built-in tiled benches
  • Rated and installed for full weight bearing
  • Positioned with reach to controls and bars
Porch steps with white handrails on a well-kept house

Entry & Threshold Access

The parts of the house that get overlooked — the step at the front door, the threshold that catches a walker, a round doorknob that arthritis makes impossible.

  • Handrails at entry steps
  • Threshold adjustments to reduce trip risk
  • Lever handles in place of round knobs
  • Wider entry and patio doors where the opening allows
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How It Works

Arranging This for a Parent

Often the person calling us isn't the person who'll be using the grab bar. Here's how we handle that.

We measure to the person

Bar heights and seat positions are set to the person who'll use them, not to a code minimum. That means a short visit to see the space and, ideally, to meet them.

No pressure, no upsell

We'll tell you what actually needs doing and what can wait. If three grab bars solve the problem, we'll quote three grab bars — not a bathroom renovation.

Itemised written quote

Everything priced line by line, so you can discuss it as a family, share it with a sibling, or submit it with a funding application.

Scheduled around the household

We'll tell you exactly which days the bathroom is unusable and work to keep that window as short as possible.

Works with an OT plan

If an occupational therapist has specified placements, we install to that plan. If not, we'll measure carefully and explain what we're recommending and why.

Finished, not just fitted

Tile made good, walls patched, site cleaned. The work should look like it was always meant to be there.

Materials & Systems We Install
Moen Invisia Schluter-Systems Mustee

We install to manufacturer specification so product warranties stay intact.

Questions

Frequently Asked

Will it make the bathroom look like a hospital?
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No, and that's usually the first thing people ask. Grab bars come in brushed nickel and chrome finishes that match normal bathroom fittings, and a curbless shower in decent tile looks like a renovation, not an adaptation. Nobody visiting should be able to tell the difference.
We have an occupational therapist's report. Can you work from it?
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Yes, and it makes the job easier. If an OT has specified bar heights, placements and reach distances, we install to that plan. If you don't have a report, we'll still measure to the person rather than to a standard height.
Can grab bars go anywhere, or does the wall matter?
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The wall matters. A bar needs to be anchored into a stud or into blocking we add behind the wall. Where there's tile and nothing solid behind it, we'll say so and give you the option of opening the wall to install proper backing. We won't fit a bar into drywall anchors and call it done.
How long does a shower conversion take?
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Usually four to seven days from demolition to a usable shower, depending on the size and what's behind the existing walls. We'll give you a timeline with the quote, and we'll tell you which days the bathroom is out of use so you can plan around it.
Is there funding available for this kind of work?
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There are federal tax credits and provincial and municipal programs that can help with accessibility renovations, and eligibility depends on age, circumstances and the specific work. We're not advisors on it, but we'll give you an itemised written quote you can submit with an application.
Do you install for care homes and retirement residences?
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Yes — that falls under our commercial work. Same installation standards, scheduled around residents.
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Start With a Visit

Tell us what's giving trouble — the tub, the front step, the shower. We'll come and look, and you'll get an itemised written quote for exactly what's needed.

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