101 Mobility Long Island Owner Features in TODAY Home Safety Report

101 Mobility Long Island president and owner Kim Kuester appeared on NBC’s TODAY in a report on technology and home adaptations that help older adults remain at home. The segment aired on 22 August 2026, with the company announcing the appearance in a release dated 13 October 2026.

Kuester, a Certified Aging in Place Specialist, discussed work her team had completed for a Long Island couple. The coverage focused on accessibility equipment for households where stairs, bathrooms and entrances have become difficult to use.

Long Island installation illustrates home adaptations

TODAY correspondent Vicky Nguyen visited Tina and Rios, aged 88 and 92, who have lived in their Long Island home for 60 years. Kuester’s team installed a ramp, a stairlift and bathroom grab bars to help the couple continue living there.

The segment put the cost of those modifications at roughly $10,000 and compared that expenditure with an average monthly retirement facility cost of $3,000. Those figures were presented in the broadcast as part of its examination of alternatives to relocating.

Kuester said families should not assume that improving accessibility necessarily requires extensive building work. “People assume making a home accessible means a renovation and a huge bill. It usually does not,” she said.

Local services within a wider accessibility network

The Long Island business installs and services stairlifts, wheelchair ramps, vertical platform lifts, patient lifts and bathroom safety modifications across Nassau and Suffolk counties. According to the company, most installations are completed during a single visit, and households can request a free in-home assessment.

101 Mobility Long Island belongs to a network of locally owned accessibility providers operating across the United States and Canada. The wider brand supplies home and commercial accessibility equipment, with its product range also including auto lifts.

For local operators, the coverage highlighted both installation work and the ongoing service offered by the network. The release cited AARP’s finding that 75 percent of older Americans want to remain in their homes as they age, placing the featured project within the customer need the business serves.