Home Safety for Older Adults
Safety tips for in and around a senior's home. Learn to evaluate the risks in and around a home that could potentially cause an accident or injury to a senior who chooses to age in place. Find advice from elder care experts as well as tips from family caregivers for making home safer for a senior.
Home Safety Articles
Keeping Seniors Safe: Home Care Services and Tips for Aging in Place
Explore simple home modifications to keep seniors safe. Home care services can also help adults age in place and offer caregivers peace of mind.
4 Comments6 Ways to Make Your Loved One's Home More Secure
To truly protect a residence, you must go beyond basic security measures, such as locking doors and windows. Use these proven tactics to reduce the risk of a break-in.
0 CommentsHow To Make a Home Safer for a Person with Alzheimer’s
People in the early stages of Alzheimer's are often capable of living on their own provided they make certain safety modifications. Make these quick adjustments to the home environment to ensure their safety and well being.
0 CommentsEquipment and Products for Aging in Place
The reality of aging in place is not without challenges –especially as one’s health declines and needs increase. Fortunately, there are many adaptive products and safety devices that can be used to help make staying in a long-time home safer.
23 CommentsGrab Bar Safety Tips
Five tips for grab bar placement to improve the safety of your elderly parent's home.
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Home Safety Questions
Are there steps you can take to place a parent in assisted living if they don’t want to go?
3 AnswersGeaton777 Replied 20 min agoWheelchair bound mother (87 years-old) wants to move from apt with stairs to one without. 89-year-old father said we cannot move her.
5 AnswersBeatty Answered 7 hours agoNeed a cart that can help carry laundry up and down stairs.
7 AnswersLoopyLoo Answered 14 hours ago92-year-old living in alone in her own home. Her closest child lives 4 hours away but continues to adapt to alternative housing. Should we get a case manager?
3 AnswersAlvaDeer Answered 18 hours ago
Home Safety Discussions
I have several items available. Purewick, standup rollator, bed rail and a lift chair. In Atlanta, Ga but willing to ship small items.
2 Commentslealonnie1 Commented Apr 14, 2024Facebook empire is down.
11 CommentsAlvaDeer Commented Mar 6, 2024Discharge planning woes.
5 Commentscxmoody Commented Feb 3, 2024I believe hospice and my stepmother are responsible for his death.
15 Commentsjmt1964 Commented Jan 21, 2024
Home Safety Related Topics
- Alzheimer's & Dementia
- Home Modification
- Aging in Place
- Dementia Wandering
- Dementia Behaviors
- Area Agency on Aging
- Burnout
- Cognitive Decline
- Memory Loss
- Violent Behavior
- Caregiving
- Signs of Dementia
- Moderate Dementia
- Cancer
- Sundowner's Syndrome
- Mild Dementia
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Severe Dementia
- Early Onset Alzheimer's
- Adult Day Care