My mom is 71, lives alone in a rental condo in Florida, and has fallen twice in the last six months — once stepping out of the tub, once standing up from the toilet at 3 a.m. The landlord said no, we couldn't drill into the tile. The hardware store sold us a $30 suction bar that came off the wall the first time she leaned on it. I started looking into walk-in tub conversions ($12,000) and full-time aides ($28/hr), terrified that the next fall would be the one that broke her hip. Then my brother showed up one Sunday with something in a tiny box and a press-and-lock latch, and after he pressed it onto the tile next to the shower, I couldn't pull it off with my full body weight. Two weeks later, my mom called and said the words I had honestly given up on hearing: "I feel safe in my own bathroom again."