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Bay Grab BarSenior Safety Solutions: Handrails
Handrails and transfer poles are fundamental safety features intended to help prevent falls for seniors and people with disabilities. They serve both structural and aesthetic purposes. Most designs feature tubular supports, but decorative styles can also be found.
How Removing Home Hazards Can Help You Enjoy a Long and Healthy Old Age
Since falls are associated with many adverse outcomes among seniors, effective fall prevention programs should be adopted into caregiving practices to reduce the incidence of falls among seniors and improve their independence.
Fall Prevention by the Seasons (WinterTime)
Ten winters ago, we wouldn’t have imagined the extreme weather pattern and record-breaking temperatures we are experiencing today. Inevitably, increasing the prevalence of fall-related injuries. Please no. Please
HOME INJURY CONTROL: The Cost-Effective Way to Age in Place in Your “Home Sweet Home”
Do you still remember that day you started building or remodeling your own home? How about that day you slept in it for the first time? It probably felt surreal that you were able to finish such an enormous project!
What Grab Bar is RIGHT for You?
Grab bars are one of the basic safety features that should be part of our home. They help a person maintain balance, provide support while trying to sit, stand, and move around, and prevent slips and falls.
Is Your Home Retirement-Ready?
Retirement is a major event in our life. You may already be contemplating what life will be like after you retire. It sounds exciting, but also nerve-racking. The main factors to consider may include lifestyle changes, finances, and healthcare.
Fall Prevention
Fall prevention is everyone’s responsibility. Fall can affect us and those around us. Given that, families should have a conversation and come up with their own fall prevention plan.
WHY YOU SHOULD USE RAMPS
RAMPS are planes placed at an angle to make one end higher than the other. The slope acquired by doing this mathematically reduces the force exerted and covers more distance at the same time. Talk about comfort and efficiency!
Occupational Therapy: The Secret of Happily Independent Seniors
Occupational Therapy is a healthcare approach that helps an individual regain skills and develop new ones to cope with injury or medical conditions and perform daily meaningful activities safely with ease, hence the term occupation.
Why Fall Injuries Cost More Than You Think!
Fall-related injury belongs to the top 20 most expensive medical conditions. Think about what you can do with the extra money you can save if you can avoid it instead! The medical costs of fall injuries increase with age. Common Fall-Related...
Fall-Proofing Your Home – Around the Home
Fall-proofing your home is the best gift you can give to yourself and to your loved ones, especially the older members of the family. You deserve a safe and comfortable place to live. Below are simple yet effective modifications you can do today to fall-proof your...
Fall-Proofing Your Home – Bedroom and Stairs
Fall-proofing your home is the best gift you can give to yourself and to your loved ones, especially the older members of the family. You deserve a safe and comfortable place to live. Below are simple yet effective modifications you can do today to fall-proof your...
Fall-Proofing Your Home – Kitchen and Dining
Fall-proofing your home is the best gift you can give to yourself and to your loved ones, especially the older members of the family. You deserve a safe and comfortable place to live. Below are simple yet effective modifications you can do today to fall-proof your...
Fall-Proofing Your Home – Bathroom
Fall-proofing your home is the best gift you can give to yourself and to your loved ones, especially the older members of the family. You deserve a safe and comfortable place to live. Below are simple yet effective modifications you can do today to fall-proof your...
Certified ParkinsonWISE® Professional
Bill Essert is now a Certified ParkinsonWISE® Professional! On January 16, 2021, the Parkinson Association of Northern California (PANC) in partnership with Kaiser Permanente Neuroscience awarded a Certificate of Training to non-medical professionals...
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