The Consumer’s Guide to Home Safety for Seniors

Jan. 28, 2011 - PRLog -- ‘Aging in Place’ is a commonly used phrase to describe remaining in your home as you age and maintaining independence for as long as possible. With the population of the senior demographic on a rise, a recent survey indicated that 89 percent of these aging homeowners would prefer to stay in the comfort of their own home as they grow older, in lieu of alternate living. What families, friends and professionals working with these seniors need to recognize, is that a seniors home most-often times requires adjustments and improvements to keep their home a “safe” home.

The Consumer’s Guide to Home Safety for Seniors, was created to help those individuals determine just how to create a safer environment for their loved ones. Ultimately, a senior’s safety in their own home should be of primary importance. All of the possible precautions that can be taken in creating a safe environment for the senior should be considered and changed if necessary. Taking steps toward safety allows for the senior to remain safe, comfortable and offers opportunity for better quality of life.

Here’s quick peek of what you will find inside this guide:

  An overview of senior-focused home improvements
  The top 11 home improvements that seniors have made to their homes, as reported by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  What equipment is and is not covered by Medicare
  Tips for finding the right contractor to make improvements to your home
  List of recommendations for changes in each room of the home to provide for safer and better functioning
  List of recommendations for general changes to the home that will help a senior operate better inside the home and feel safer overall
  For caregivers, an additional list of safety tips from their perspective

This article contains only small excerpts from its original source. To read the full length of this free white paper, please visit http://www.bit.ly/5MktgTips.

The Society of Certified Senior Advisors (SCSA), provides free resources and tools for our members as an ongoing commitment that we have in helping professionals to understand the complex and dynamic lives of modern senior citizens.

About SCSA
SCSA’s mission is to educate professionals to work more effectively with their senior clients. For those who work with seniors, this means understanding the key health, social and financial factors that are important to seniors—and how these factors work together. CSAs are able to integrate this into their professional practices, no matter what field they’re in. They’ve learned how incredibly gratifying it is to help seniors achieve their goals, and the seniors they’ve worked with have learned how important it is to work with someone who truly understands their age-related circumstances.  For more information about SCSA and its educational course, please visit http://www.csa.us.

Contact:
Erica Ananich, SCSA
(888) 538-2599
society@csa.us
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SCSA educates professionals to work more effectively with their senior clients. That means understanding the key health, social & financial factors that are important to seniors — so you can find success in the senior market.