Simple Modifications for Senior Home Safety Video
Erin Albers from Home Instead Senior Care explains a few simple and inexpensive ways that seniors can remain at home, where most want to safely age.
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Home Instead Senior CareErin Albers from Home Instead Senior Care explains a few simple and inexpensive ways that seniors can remain at home, where most want to safely age.
What are the most unsafe areas of the home for seniors?
Use this checklist, from Home Instead Senior Care®, to help determine if a senior’s home is safe from hazards that could jeopardize well-being and independence.
Recent research conducted by Home Instead, Inc., franchisor of the Home Instead Senior Care® network provides a compelling look at senior home safety.
Observing the safety hazards in a senior’s home is one thing. Living them is another.
It’s a fact: Parents and their children don’t always see eye-to-eye. That theory seems to carry through to adulthood when it comes to perceptions of home safety.
If a parent is planning to stay at your house to recover from surgery or illness, make sure your home is a safe haven by which to recuperate. If you're a working family caregiver, consider professional caregiving assistance as well.
Falls are among the leading causes of death and injury in the older population. But families can greatly reduce the risks of accidents by ensuring that their older loved ones have the proper medical care and support.
100% of ER physicians say it is very important that families of seniors invest in basic home safety modifications.
40% of trips to the hospital and ER are caused by falls and other accidents at the home. 53% of home accidents experienced by seniors could be prevented.
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