This 4-minute video from ABC News features Scott Trudeau, an Occupational Therapist and expert on making homes safer for Alzheimer's patients. He walks you through a home and shows five key ways to remove hazards at home for your loved one.
This 40-page booket from the National Institue on Aging provides detailed room-by-room tips on making your home safe, including:
10 tips for removing kitchen hazards 15 suggestions to make your bathrooms safe Additional advice for the entry way, bedrooms, living room, laundry room, and garage
It also offers safety advice for specific dementia behaviors such as wandering, rummaging, hiding things, and hallucinating.
This 12-page pamphlet from the Alzheimer's Association identifies the most important Alzheimer's home safety hazards to address. It also includes important information not found in the National Institute on Aging booklet, including:
The implications of declining cognitive abilities for safety in your home Providing general guidelines and detailed suggestions for making your home safe Explaining the importance of removing all firearms And more
Source: University of California San Francisco, Memory and Aging Center
This 24-page booklet by The Hartford Financial Services and the MIT Age Lab is designed to help you navigate the difficult issues around driving and the Alzheimer's patient. It incorporates the experiences of family caregivers and people with dementia, including suggestions on:
How to balance independence and safety Assessing driving abilities Getting outside help Things to do before "the last resort" (taking away the keys)
Sixty percent of Alzheimer's patients will eventually wander. For many, this can result in serious injury or even death. This 7-page pamphlet by the American Health Assistance Foundation gives you the information you need on how to manage wandering, including:
Why people with dementia wander 10 tips on preventing wandering 6 suggestions on what to do if your loved one has wandered and is lost