Home and Safety
You absolutely must make the home safe and accessible for an elderly person. What might appear to be a normal house to you can literally be a death trap.
As we age, our physical and mental capabilities decline, thus making what was once a friendly home full of trinkets and years of accumulation of treasured items, now becomes a place that requires cautious maneuvering. Accidents loom everywhere.
Night vision is not what it used to be. Stability and balance change. Walking up and down stairs (even a few steps) becomes a major event and an opportunity for a fall. Finding items in drawers that once were familiar is now a chore. Cooking food is a challenge. Remembering to turn off the stove or oven is worrisome.
When a senior knows that he/she is failing, it becomes easier to stay in one room and not venture out. Safety is one of the most serious worries that a senior has, but they are very good at masking their fear when it comes to safety. It becomes your charge to step in and make sure that your loved one’s home is safe as it possibly can be. When a senior falls and ends up in the hospital, your life and the life of the senior dramatically changes. Do everything you can to avoid this.
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