Making Home Safer for Seniors

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Simple Modifications for Senior Home Safety Video

Erin Albers from Home Instead explains a few simple and​ ​inexpensive ways that seniors can remain at home, where most want to safely age.

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Elderly Home Safety (1 of 5)

An introduction on the importance of being vigilant with home safety for your senior loved one, and the sense of comfort that comes with being prepared.

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Warning Signs that a Senior is Struggling: Elderly Home Safety (2 of 5)

"Warning Signs that a Senior is Struggling" talks about home safety for seniors, and shares with how to spot the warning signs that your parent or senior loved one might already be struggling with mobility and some ways to help

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Lighting and Security Measures to Make Life Easier: Elderly Home Safety (3 of 5)

Simple things you can do to make life easier for your senior loved one using lighting, color and security measures.

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Simplify and Organize Your Senior's Life: Elderly Home Safety (4 of 5)

Tips to make life easier for your senior loved one through simplifying and organizing the household.

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Special Needs and Accidents: Elderly Home Safety (5 of 5)

Tips for care seniors with special needs: what to do in case of accidents, preventative care, emergency notification devices, and a and a "file of life" in case of an emergency.

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• Recent research conducted by Home Instead, Inc.,franchisor of the Home Instead^® network provides a compelling look at senior home safety. The survey of ER doctors, seniors and adult children reveals that home isn’t always the safe haven that seniors and their loved ones dream about.

  And adult children, their aging parents and emergency room doctors don’t always see things the same way. For one thing, 100% of ER doctors in the U.S. and Canada say it’s very important for adult children to take one day each year to perform a safety check of their aging parents’ homes. But in the last year, only 44% (41% in Canada) have done this.

  Here you’ll find helpful resources to identify hazardous areas in your senior loved one's home, ways to fix them and ways to prevent accidents from happening.

  For more information, use the Find Home Care search feature below to contact the Home Instead office nearest you.

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