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
Looking for a barrier to keep my mom from falling down the stairs.
13 AnswersTaarna Answered 8 hours agoElderly mother refuses to allow home improvements.
9 AnswersAliOJ58 Answered Nov 3, 2024Any advice for getting parents to move back home from Florida?
15 AnswersMountaingirl72 Replied Nov 1, 2024My 83 year old father is fine most days, but then packs up his truck to leave. So far we have been able to stop him, is it time to take the truck?
17 AnswersDb2024 Answered Oct 31, 2024
Home Safety Discussions
Dad almost burnt down my home.
21 CommentsTXmomof3 Commented Sep 21, 2024What to do regarding my mom's night time supervision?
3 Commentsfunkygrandma59 Commented Jun 27, 2024I have several items available. Purewick, standup rollator, bed rail and a lift chair. In Atlanta, Ga but willing to ship small items.
3 CommentsNeedHelpWithMom Commented May 30, 2024Facebook empire is down.
11 CommentsAlvaDeer Commented Mar 6, 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