Atlantic County's Local Aging-in-Place Experts

Why Atlantic County Families Need a Local Aging-in-Place Partner

Atlantic County sits at the heart of South Jersey’s coastline, stretching from the Pine Barrens west of Hammonton to the barrier islands of Atlantic City, Ventnor, and Brigantine. More than 275,000 people live here, and the county’s demographics are shifting. The casino and hospitality workforce that powered Atlantic City through the 1980s and 1990s is now entering retirement age, creating a wave of demand for home accessibility services that most local contractors are not equipped to meet.

Accessible Solutions operates our New Jersey warehouse right here in Atlantic County. That local presence means our installation crews, our inventory, and our project managers are minutes away from your home — not driving down from North Jersey or crossing the bridge from Philadelphia. When your family needs a ramp installed before Dad comes home from rehab at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, we are the team that can make it happen on a timeline that matters.

Navigating Barrier Island Construction Along the Shore

The barrier island communities that line Atlantic County’s coast — Brigantine, Atlantic City, Ventnor, Margate, and Longport — present accessibility challenges that inland contractors rarely encounter. Homes here are built on raised foundations, often four to eight feet above grade, to comply with FEMA flood zone regulations. Front doors sit atop exterior staircases. Decks and porches are elevated. Ground-level entries simply do not exist in most barrier island homes.

For a family trying to keep a parent in their Margate beach house or Brigantine bungalow, this elevation creates a serious barrier. A standard three-foot ramp will not work when the front door is six feet off the ground. Our crews engineer ramp systems with switchbacks, landings, and corrosion-resistant aluminum construction that handle the elevation while standing up to the salt air, moisture, and wind that destroy lesser materials within a few seasons.

We also address interior challenges common to shore homes: narrow hallways in older cottages, steep interior stairways to second-floor bedrooms, and small bathrooms with combination tub-showers that become dangerous when mobility declines. Our bathroom conversion team has retrofitted hundreds of shore homes with roll-in showers, fold-down benches, and ADA-compliant fixtures that fit within the compact footprints typical of island construction.

Mainland Communities from Egg Harbor to Hammonton

The majority of Atlantic County’s population lives on the mainland, in communities like Egg Harbor Township, Galloway, Absecon, Pleasantville, and Hammonton. The housing stock here tells a different story than the shore. Egg Harbor Township — the county’s largest municipality — is dominated by single-family homes built from the 1970s through the 2000s, many of them ranches and split-levels with attached garages.

These homes have their own accessibility issues. Split-level layouts force residents to navigate three or four short stairways just to move between rooms. Bathrooms are often small, with standard tub-shower combinations that require stepping over a high threshold. Hallways and doorways in older Egg Harbor and Galloway homes may be too narrow for a wheelchair or walker.

Our approach in these communities typically starts with grab bars and bathroom modifications — the changes that address the most immediate safety risks. From there, we plan for stairlifts, door widenings, and in some cases first-floor bedroom additions that eliminate stairs entirely. Every recommendation comes from a home assessment where Ray Petkevis, our owner, walks through your house with your family and identifies exactly what is needed today and what may be needed in the future.

The Casino Economy, Retirement, and the Need for Accessible Housing

Atlantic City’s economy has been defined by the casino industry for more than four decades. Thousands of people built careers as dealers, floor supervisors, hospitality workers, and maintenance staff. Many of those workers bought homes in Pleasantville, Absecon, Egg Harbor Township, and Galloway during the boom years. Now they are aging, and the homes they purchased in their thirties are no longer safe for them in their seventies.

This population tends to face a specific set of circumstances: fixed incomes from pensions and Social Security, homes that are paid off but aging alongside their owners, and health conditions — arthritis, joint replacements, cardiovascular issues — that make stairs and bathtubs dangerous. Many qualify for NJ Medicaid benefits they have never used.

We work with these families every week. As a certified NJ MLTSS Medicaid provider, we help Atlantic County residents access a lifetime benefit for home modifications. We handle all the paperwork — the applications, the managed care organization authorizations, the inspections, and the billing. Your family does not deal with Medicaid bureaucracy. We do.

Comprehensive Services Available Throughout Atlantic County

Every aging-in-place service we offer is available to Atlantic County families from a single provider. Modular ramp rentals starting at $300 per month for post-surgery recovery or temporary needs. Permanent ramp installations engineered for your home’s specific layout and elevation. Bathtub-to-shower conversions that eliminate the dangerous step-over. Roll-in showers for wheelchair users. Tub cuts that lower the entry threshold of your existing bathtub. Grab bars and safety rails in bathrooms, hallways, and stairways. Stairlifts for straight and curved staircases. Vertical platform lifts for exterior elevation changes. And durable medical equipment including hospital beds, wheelchairs, and power scooters.

We are a licensed New Jersey contractor. That means we pull permits, manage inspections, and build structural additions when a family needs a first-floor bathroom or bedroom that their home does not currently have. We are not simply bolting products to walls — we are building solutions that meet code, pass inspection, and serve your family for years.

One Team From First Call to Final Walkthrough

The families we serve in Atlantic County come to us at different stages. Some are planning ahead — they see the writing on the wall and want to make their home safer before a fall forces the issue. Others call us from a hospital room, trying to figure out how to get Mom home safely after a hip replacement. In every case, the process starts with a free home assessment and ends with a home that works for your family. One company. One relationship. Every service under one roof.