Hemgaard is the first credentialed home safety check-up for aging in place in Turkey. We assess the home — and the life lived inside it — then hand you a clear, prioritized plan, reviewed by a specialist panel. We call it the home check-up.
Our methodology is grounded in two programmes recognised in the United States: Age Safe® America’s Certified Senior Home Safety Specialist (SHSS) and the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS). In this approach, the home is assessed for risk, specialist judgment is brought in, and practical findings are prioritised.
Most homes were never designed for aging bodies. We point out what will increase the level of comfort and safety.
Bathroom tiles with too little friction. A light switch across a dark room. A threshold that becomes a trip hazard at 2 a.m. Shelves out of reach. These risks are quiet — until they aren't.
The check-up is the heart of what we do. Our specialist team assesses every room and every transition the resident uses daily, then go further: we sit with the resident and their family to understand how they actually live — what they cook, how they move at night, who visits, what they love and want to keep doing. That depth is the point.
adults over 65 fall each year — the single leading cause of lost independence and premature institutionalization.
the minimum yearly cost of a full-time private nurse. Every year we delay that need is money — and dignity — returned to the family.
is when families take a close look at what needs to change around the house. We help you look sooner.
A site visit, and Hemgaard assessment at work.
A first assessment of the situation, over video, with the person requesting the check-up.
A structured conversation with the resident about daily routines, worries, and what they want to keep doing — while we capture the space.
Follow-up interviews online with adult children, close family, and any caretakers — the full picture.
We build the report, then review it with our design team and panel — including an aging-in-place specialist.
Your Check-up Report — the Check-up score, room-by-room findings, and a prioritised improvement plan — arrives within seven days of the visit.
We meet online for a dedicated 60-minute session to review the report with you — the findings, and what to do first.
Every report is reviewed by our specialist panel before it reaches you. Our team includes a Certified Senior Home Safety Specialist® (SHSS) by Age Safe® America and a Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS) by the NAHB.
Five colour bands. What is urgent and what is fine is clear at a glance.
Fall risk, mobility, independence, emergency readiness, and comfort, each under its own heading.
Recommendations are split into three time frames: now, soon, and during renovation.
Findings for every area, photographed observations, priority actions, and an expert note where it matters.
Illustrative pages. Client reports are confidential and never published.
Quick, low-cost steps that remove the most risk.
Work that needs professional installation and some planning.
Changes to make together when a renovation comes up.
Our experts listen to the daily routine as well as look at the home. Where it helps, they suggest rethinking how rooms are used, where things live, or how care is arranged.
The check-up stands on its own. When you want the work done, we can manage all of it.
If you choose to act on the plan, we manage the whole retrofit through a vetted network of craftspeople — tiling, carpentry, bathroom conversion, lighting. You have one point of contact from first visit to final walk-through. The homes we work on don't look adapted or clinical. They look designed.
We recommend smart home devices and, if you wish, install them — fall detection, an emergency button, a video doorbell with in-home screen, automated lighting.
The Hemgaard team.
The things families ask us first.
Hemgaard is a home safety check-up team for aging in place. Our core product is the check-up: a specialist assessment of a private home — and the life lived in it — reviewed by a specialist panel. For families who want the retrofit or smart-home installations done, we also manage it end to end.
Most often, adult children who want this check-up to keep a parent safe, independent, and at home — without waiting for a fall to force a decision. It's equally for older adults who want to assess and adapt their own home in advance.
First, we hold a short pre-consultation to understand the need; once we've decided together that the check-up is the right step, the home visit is scheduled. On the agreed day and time, our dedicated team of two experts visits the home. After a brief orientation, they hold a comprehensive Q&A interview with the resident and survey and scan the home room by room (60 min). After the visit, follow-up interviews with family and any caretakers can be held online for additional questions (15 min). Our specialist panel — aging-in-place specialist, physiotherapist, architect — reviews the findings and assesses both the current picture and what's likely to be needed in the near term. All interviews are confidential and interview notes are not shared.
The visit is efficient; the rigor is in what follows. On site we spend about 60 minutes on the interview, survey, and scan. Where needed, after the visit we conduct roughly 15 minutes of follow-up interviews online with family and caretakers.
We then build the artifacts, review them with our design team and specialist panel, and deliver your Check-up Report within 7 days of the visit. Finally, we schedule a 60-minute session to walk you through the findings.
Assessing a home together with the life lived in it is specialist work. An AI that reads a few uploaded photos or a walkthrough video only sees surfaces. We assess the home, the resident's life, and how they actually move through the space in depth — through on-site observation, a structured interview protocol, and a specialist panel. That depth gives us a different way of seeing.
Yes — this is a private home, and we treat it that way. Any photos, images, or video of the home are strictly confidential and used solely to produce and deliver your report. We do not share, sell, or publish them, and access is limited to the people working on your project and the family members you authorize.
Check-up interview recordings and internal notes stay internal and are never posted to your portal.
If you want us to. The check-up is complete on its own — you own the report and its plan whether or not you do any work with us. When you do choose to act, we can manage the entire retrofit through a vetted network of craftspeople. We offer design and installation services for smart home and/or retrofit work.
We recommend and install smart home devices — fall detection, an emergency button, a video doorbell with in-home screen, automated lighting — as a one-time part of the retrofit. We do not operate a monitoring service or sell a subscription. Once installed, the devices belong to the family, and any live monitoring runs through the device makers' own apps.
Istanbul, for now. On-site check-ups in other cities can be arranged when travel is covered. Expansion to Ankara and Copenhagen will follow.
Message us on WhatsApp at 0 535 875 11 70. We'll talk through your situation and the home's likely profile, and schedule the check-up. First available slots in Istanbul are typically two to three weeks out.
Tell us a little about the home and the person who lives in it. We'll take it from there — and you'll have a clear, signed plan within a week of the visit.
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Our co-founder Nadia Özge Gözüm holds the SHSS certification from Age Safe® America — a discipline, updated each year, covering fall prevention, fire and emergency planning, and home-safety technology. Alongside our specialist panel's guidance, these principles stand behind every check-up.
Nadia Özge Gözüm also holds the Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS) designation from the U.S. National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) — specialist training in the needs of older adults, accessible design, and home modification. These principles shape both our check-up recommendations and our retrofit designs.
In partnership with SUPERPOOL.
SUPERPOOL is a research-based architectural practice with offices in Istanbul and Copenhagen. For over a decade its partners have designed public space, cultural institutions, and housing across Turkey and Scandinavia — starting from how people actually live in a space, not how it photographs. That sensibility sets the design standard for every Hemgaard retrofit.
Aging at home shouldn't be the compromise. It should be the plan.