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
Conducting a Home Safety Assessment for Seniors
A comprehensive aging-in-place home assessment for seniors can reveal hazards that must be addressed, promote independence and give family caregivers invaluable peace of mind. Use these tips to help an aging loved one adapt their home to meet their needs.
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.
22 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
I'm worried about fire. Other than smoke alarms, what could I do to protect myself?
28 AnswersDianaGearhart Answered Aug 5, 2022How do I keep my mom from roaming at night?
10 AnswersLoveLea Answered Aug 3, 2022My aunt has been wandering dangerously, and I need advice on GPS tracker watches. Is this one: Safe Tracks, good?
12 AnswersZippyZee Answered Jul 31, 2022Help, my mother has dementia, vascular. I am told by a young GP, she literally cannot remember 5 minutes ago, but some strange things stick. Any idea why this is happening?
5 Answerslealonnie1 Replied Jul 31, 2022
Home Safety Discussions
Here is a possible tool to help check on a loved one
3 Commentspoodledoodle Commented May 6, 2022My SO is taking off work to build his parents a wheelchair ramp, which he thinks will finally free his weekends.
29 CommentsBeatty Commented Apr 29, 2022FYI... Because of the abuse of the 911 system for "lift assists," some fire and ambulance districts will soon charge up to $850 for excessive nonemergency calls.
12 CommentsMountaingyrl Commented Mar 6, 2022FYI - Adult bed rail Recall
4 Commentscwillie Commented Dec 9, 2021
Home Safety Related Topics
- Alzheimer's & Dementia
- Care Decisions
- Home Modification
- Aging in Place
- Dementia Wandering
- Area Agency on Aging
- Dementia Behaviors
- Burnout
- Cognitive Decline
- Caregiving
- Memory Loss
- Violent Behavior
- Signs of Dementia
- Moderate Dementia
- Sundowner's Syndrome
- Cancer
- Mild Dementia
- Severe Dementia
- Early Onset Alzheimer's
- Lewy Body Dementia