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.
6 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
Could having a Medicare Advantage plan deter a nursing home from accepting a patient?
7 AnswersTouchMatters Answered 1 hour agoDad goes back and forth to hospital. Diagnosed with vascular dementia.
5 AnswersBeatty Answered 4 hours agoIs it worth changing home aide agencies?
10 AnswersJoAnn29 Answered May 10, 2025How do others handle parent with dementia getting up multiple times at night? My mother passed out the other night.
6 AnswersdaughterofAD Answered May 9, 2025
Home Safety Discussions
Falls in the elderly.
4 CommentsGeaton777 Commented Apr 22, 2025I need night help getting up and to the bathroom. Due to cancer and edema. I can use the toilet independently, I just need help getting in and out of bed.
4 CommentsGrandma1954 Commented Mar 23, 2025Talk to your elders about scam advertising.
9 Commentsfreqflyer Commented Mar 17, 2025Mom places items on heater, what other options are there to warm her room?
7 CommentsHannaMar2216 Commented Jan 27, 2025
Home Safety Related Topics
- Alzheimer's & Dementia
- Home Modification
- Aging in Place
- Dementia Behaviors
- Dementia Wandering
- Burnout
- Area Agency on Aging
- Cognitive Decline
- Memory Loss
- Violent Behavior
- Caregiving
- Signs of Dementia
- Cancer
- Moderate Dementia
- Mild Dementia
- Sundowner's Syndrome
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Early Onset Alzheimer's
- Severe Dementia
- Adult Day Care