How to Make Your Apartment Safe for Senior Citizens

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How to Make Your Apartment Safe for Senior
Citizens
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If you have a parent or grandparent staying with
you, you probably have the bittersweet experience
of their company along with worries about their
health and safety. You can put your worries to
productive use by incorporating a few changes in
to your homes and your systems. Heres a handy
guide.
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Safety at the door
Have your door number and name clearly on the
door. Sometimes people have trouble finding the
address and it helps to have a clear sign to help
fix it in their minds. Install video cameras,
through-the-door viewers and intercom systems so
they know when to open the door. Make sure they
have cell phones with them and that they carry
them around with them all day. Safety within the
apartment Install bars next to low seating, in
the bathroom and along corridors where there is
nothing to hold on to Keep floor mats in
bathrooms and in the kitchen. Make sure there are
no loose ends of carpet or rugs that they can
trip on. Leave lights burning all through the
night. Tape up wires so that theyre not in the
way. Ensure that they know at least one
neighbors house so that they can run there in an
emergency. Carefully segregate their medicines
and ensure it does not get mixed with general
medicine so no mis-dosing can take place. Make
sure you have grills on all windows and doors.
Make sure your apartment is brightly lit
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Safety in the building/community
Let your neighbours know that you have an older
person living with you. If theyre willing to
check in on them that would be ideal, but if not,
ask them to inform you of anything out of the
ordinary. Make sure you have your domestic helps
background checked and that the security is
familiar with who comes to your house when youre
not there. If they like to go down in the
evenings, make sure they are accompanied. Do not
encourage deliveries to be carried out when you
are not at home.
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Safety in an emergency
Make a large printout of numbers to call in an
emergency and stick them up everywhere so that
they are easily accessible. Keep a fire
extinguisher, a first aid kit, and basic
medicines such as burn medicine and antiseptic
cream in the house. Inform your local police
station that you have an elderly person in your
care and see if they have any policies to help.
Some do give you their mobile number to call in
an emergency. Join a neighbourhood watch
programme-many communities do have one
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Taking a few precautions can go a long way in
giving you peace of mind and ensuring that your
family member living with you is well looked
after. Most of them are inexpensive and just take
a little bit of planning. So go ahead, give
yourself a break, and simplify your life.
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