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Ensuring a safe, comfortable and organized environment for seniors.

Most elder loved ones feel the safest and most comfortable in their own homes, but we must consider the risk factors involved for Aging Adults suffering with Alzheimer’s or Dementia. For these older seniors, home is not always the safest as it once was, since their illness. To ensure seniors are happy and well-adjusted, you must establish a safe and comfortable environment for them.

Making appropriate changes to an aging adult’s home environment so it is safe and supportive, is not easy but is vital for an elder living with Alzheimer’s. The family of an a senior citizen can help in making suggestions in establishing a positive environment for their elder loved one. Maintaining these safety guidelines increases a senior’s ability to function and decreases difficult behaviors. This is an important issue that should not be overlooked concerning the aging population showing signs of Alzheimer’s or Dementia.

Aging adults may have had things the same way for more than 50 years and do not want change. A physical environment can greatly impact a Senior’s life. If well-done, surroundings can enhance what’s happening every day. On the other hand, a disorganized or unsafe physical environment can acutually inhibit the activity of everyday life and leave an elderly who lives with Alzheimer’s in turmoil.

Some suggestions to consider:

-Increase lighting levels
-Add bright accents and paintings
-Declutter the rooms, especially walkways
-Install lever type doorknobs
-Install secure railings on both sides of stairways
-Declutter closets - organize clothes by day
-Use safety latches on drawers and doors
-Chairs should have arm rests and be at elbow height

Your loved one’s physical environment can greatly impact their lives. Keep their homes organized and safe.

Home Instead Senior Care Southeast Houston, Webster, Pasadena, Baytown, League City, Houston Bay Area Helping Seniors Living at Home with home health - Call us 281-484-0200.

Let us help you keep mom and dad at home!

When we were kids, mom and dad would often stage a fire drill to make sure that we all knew how to react in case of an emergency. Now that we are grown, we have kept that tradition intact—but now it is focused on mom.

All five of us children have moved from our small hometown, but our mother refuses to live anywhere else. So each Christmas we gather at her house to make sure that, as far as mom’s safety is concerned, it’s still “all clear.”

Each of us takes an area of focus—communications, finance, health, home repair, or transportation—then we look closely at each. We check her list of contact numbers to be sure that they are all still accurate. We speak with her automobile mechanic, home handyman, postman, physician, accountant, friends, and anyone else who can provide us with information on how mom is doing in our absence.

We always find something that needs to be addressed, and most of the time she agrees. She finally assented to a cell phone (a no-contract GoPhone from AT&T) and has come to appreciate the AlertOne pager that can summon help if she can’t reach a phone.

Like our fire drills as kids, there have been no real emergencies—but it sure is comforting knowing that we have prepared for the possibility.

Home Instead Senior Care Southeast Houston, Webster, Pasadena, Baytown, League City, Houston Bay Area Helping Seniors Living at Home with home health - Call us 281-484-0200.

The decision to look to senior home care as an option can be detected in several ways. Caregiver stress can be induced by aging parents’ neglecting personal hygiene, or difficulty organizing old newspapers, books and magazines.

Another way of discerning your loved one’s aging is looking to your parent’s neighbors and other close friends about their daily routine. You might ask such questions as, “is mom or dad at home more, avoiding conversation and companionship?” If your loved one is neglecting such pertinent tasks, declining mental health may be evident.

Keeping a closer eye on your parent may bring to attention to other signs of mental aging such as properly storing cleaning materials, or taking their medication on a regular basis. If this is the case, then elderly services in Pasadena, Pearland, Clear Lake, and Southeast Houston may be the solution for happy home health, and your loved one.