Love Your Home: Aging in Place Modifications for a Safer Future
As February fades we celebrated love & it’s the perfect time to show appreciation for our homes - providing comfort, security, & memories.
Fall Prevention
Winter Home Safety Check: Preventing Slips, Falls, and Fires
As February brings winter’s full force to many parts of the country, ensuring home safety becomes more critical than ever. From icy sidewalks to space heater mishaps, seasonal hazards pose a threat to individuals of all ages.
Important Home Features All Aging Homebuyers Should Consider
As you embark on the journey of finding a home that supports aging in place, it’s important to consider features that will ensure comfort, safety, and independence in the years to come.
Preventing Falls: Effective Strategies and Exercises for Seniors
Getting older accumulates a list of worries, and falling is ranked relatively high on that list. Exercise can be one of the most helpful!
Falls Prevention Awareness Month
Falls Prevention Awareness Month – Age Safe® Live Well. Many years ago Age Safe® America coined the slogan, “A Fall Changes Everything”. Sadly, this is very true, and happens every day. In an instant you or a loved one could...
Let’s Talk About Medical Alertness
Let’s Talk About Medical Alertness I know when you hear the words ‘medical alert’ your first thoughts are of bracelets with little medical symbols on them or the necklaces and watches some people wear which are alarm button to press...
Space Heater Fire Safety
A space heater has been implicated in the recent fire tragedy and loss of life in the Bronx. It highlights the important fire safety message conveyed in the Senior Home Safety Specialist certification training. Space heaters, especially those without automatic...
Food and Cooking Safety at Home
For many of us, particularly as we get older, preparing and cooking food are activities we’ve done for so long that they’ve become automatic. Today, however, food growth, processing, packaging, and distribution takes place far away from the tables where...
Celebrating National Falls Prevention Month 2021
September is National Falls Prevention month and we celebrate with words of caution and advice. But, also in September, we remember the victims of 9/11. And just as no one ever believed that the World Trade Center would fall, we...
National Senior Citizens Day 2021
Celebrating National Senior Citizen Day in 2021 has a new poignancy for all Americans. With the COVID pandemic of 2020, it’s immense toll on families has driven home the point from President Reagan’s 1988 pronouncement. He stated that “…our communities...