Is anyone aware of guidelines for carpets - with senior safety in mind? I am about to replace some carpets in my mother's house and am wondering if there are certain characteristics I should be looking for and/or avoiding.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Thank you for this helpful room-by-room assessment checklist. There are many items in the home that may increase the risk of a fall. This list helps family caregivers make sure they don't overlook any items or areas that could be hazardous to older adults.

Thanks for the great list. this is a process. We also installed a lift for the stairs. The toilet is higher, we have new floors, non slip.

So questions to the group:

We need to leave the door unlocked so emergency workers can enter when we are not home. The locks are there but we do not use them.

We had floors that were good, but my Mom wanted rugs, so she got them. I guess we can put tape down to make them safer.

Our costs to make the floor in our house good for her was not expensive, a small kitchen space and commode in the bedroom made a lot of difference.

Our issues:

Alarms. She cannot hear alarms unless she has her hearing aids in. So lifeline, phone, and the whole alarm situation is failing. What can we do.

My wife has Alzheimer / dementia and has started to move things around in living room, pulling plastic plants out of their flower pots, and even pulling electrical cords out of the wall sockets. Not wanting her to get hurt, I removed all wall pictures that had a glass covering the picture, all imitation plants and decorative trees with flowers, and the vanity tables. I've blocked electrical outlets so she doesn't see the plugs and the ones on the kitchen counter, I've place a bracket so she can't pull those electrical cords out. All drawers have child locks on them so she doesn't go into them and remove the items. All inter doors have locks on them so she's confined to the Living Room and two hallways. She doesn't go outside of the house, so she's safe inside. The Living Room area consist of a sofa, and a television which can not be move because of it's size, and the kitchen has a table and two chairs.