The Safe Living Guide

Author : Canada. Division of Aging and Seniors
Publisher : Division of Aging and Seniors, Health Canada
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Exercise for older people
ISBN : 066225290X

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The Safe Living Guide by Canada. Division of Aging and Seniors Pdf

This guide is intended to give seniors ideas about accident and injury prevention in and around the home. The first section includes a home safety checklist, suggestions regarding various consumer products that can add to one's personal safety, and ideas for renovation planning. Section two discusses how personal lifestyles can be modified to reduce risk of injury by examining physical activity, attitudes, and the use of medications. The guide also contains stories showing how people benefited from making changes in their homes or in their lives. Practical information in the form of fact sheets and tips, as well as a resource section, complete the guide.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Falls (Accidents) in old age
ISBN : 1100257829

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The Safe Living Guide by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rae A. Stonehouse
Publisher : Live For Excellence Productions
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-29
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781777156527

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Make it Safe! by Rae A. Stonehouse Pdf

It is often said "it takes a village to raise a child." The same can be said about helping an elder age at home. Perhaps not a village, but certainly a family. Caregiving at home has proven its value in offsetting the high costs of in-facility healthcare, and at the same time, improving the quality of life for many elders. However, educational training and support for caregivers has been in short supply. The focus of this book is to help you as a family caregiver create a safe living space and conditions to support an elder living semi-independently in the community or adapting your family household to support an elder as a member of your family. Make it Safe! A Family Caregiver's Home Safety Assessment Guide for Supporting Elders@Home is a compilation of safety tips, and sage advice to help support an elder in aging semi-independently and safely. This is a book meant to be read, and then put into action. A downloadable home safety inspection sheet is provided so you can complete an elder's home inspection, or yours for that matter. There is also a companion workbook to this book entitled Make it Safe! A Family Caregiver's Home Safety Assessment Guide for Supporting Elders@Home - Companion Workbook available that may make your task a little easier. As a recently retired Registered Nurse of over 40 years, author Rae A. Stonehouse has worked predominantly in the field of mental health/psychiatry. He has experience working with all ages of adults including the elderly in senior's facilities, psychogeriatric units, mental health facilities and in the community. While working as a Registered Nurse, Rae A. Stonehouse was actively involved with occupational Health & Safety in his workplaces. That experience has been beneficial in developing his skills to take an analytical look at a home's potential safety hazards and to provide strategies to rectify those hazards to make it safe for an elder to live there. Make it Safe! A Family Caregiver's Home Safety Assessment Guide for Supporting Elders@Home begins with an overview of home safety. Then it provides a strategic method of completing an assessment of the home's safety status and develop strategies to rectify the problems or hazards to make the home safe. The book goes on to address elder driving safety. How to face the issue with your aging elder. Financial scams targeting the elderly is discussed. The final section addresses maintaining your elder's ongoing health and welfare and day-to-day healthcare supervision. With the Covid-19 pandemic in full force at the time of publishing this book, many families are considering alternatives to institutions for their elderly loved ones. This book can help determine if supporting your elderly loved one in the community or in your home is not only feasible, but safe for you and your elder.

Author : Canada. Division of Aging and Seniors
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : House & Home
ISBN : UIUC:30112063178484

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The Safe Living Guide by Canada. Division of Aging and Seniors Pdf

Author : Rae A. Stonehouse
Publisher : Live For Excellence Productions
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781777156596

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Make It Safe! by Rae A. Stonehouse Pdf

It is often said "it takes a village to raise a child." The same can be said about helping an elder age at home. Perhaps not a village, but certainly a family. Caregiving at home has proven its value in offsetting the high costs of in-facility healthcare, and at the same time, improving the quality of life for many elders. However, educational training and support for caregivers has been in short supply. The focus of this book is to help you as a family caregiver create a safe living space and conditions to support an elder living semi-independently in the community or adapting your family household to support an elder as a member of your family. Make it Safe! A Family Caregiver's Home Safety Assessment Guide for Supporting Elders@Home is a compilation of safety tips, and sage advice to help support an elder in aging semi-independently and safely. This is a book meant to be read, and then put into action. A downloadable home safety inspection sheet is provided so you can complete an elder's home inspection, or yours for that matter. There is also a companion workbook to this book entitled Make it Safe! A Family Caregiver's Home Safety Assessment Guide for Supporting Elders@Home - Companion Workbook available that may make your task a little easier. As a recently retired Registered Nurse of over 40 years, author Rae A. Stonehouse has worked predominantly in the field of mental health/psychiatry. He has experience working with all ages of adults including the elderly in senior's facilities, psychogeriatric units, mental health facilities and in the community. While working as a Registered Nurse, Rae A. Stonehouse was actively involved with occupational Health & Safety in his workplaces. That experience has been beneficial in developing his skills to take an analytical look at a home's potential safety hazards and to provide strategies to rectify those hazards to make it safe for an elder to live there. Make it Safe! A Family Caregiver's Home Safety Assessment Guide for Supporting Elders@Home begins with an overview of home safety. Then it provides a strategic method of completing an assessment of the home's safety status and develop strategies to rectify the problems or hazards to make the home safe. The book goes on to address elder driving safety. How to face the issue with your aging elder. Financial scams targeting the elderly is discussed. The final section addresses maintaining your elder's ongoing health and welfare and day-to-day healthcare supervision. With the Covid-19 pandemic in full force at the time of publishing this book, many families are considering alternatives to institutions for their elderly loved ones. This book can help determine if supporting your elderly loved one in the community or in your home is not only feasible, but safe for you and your elder.

Author : Dorothy A. Drago
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781421411514

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Living Safely, Aging Well by Dorothy A. Drago Pdf

Older adults can stay healthy longer by avoiding injury at home. As we age, our sense of balance and our vision, hearing, and cognition become less sharp. Aging-related changes greatly increase our risk of injury. In Living Safely, Aging Well, nationally recognized safety expert Dorothy A. Drago spells out how to prevent injury while cooking, gardening, sleeping, driving—and just walking around the house. In the first part of the book, Drago describes the causes of injuries by type—falls, burns, poisoning, and asphyxia—and explains how to decrease the risk of each. She then explores the home environment room by room, pointing out potential hazards and explaining how to avoid them, for example, by installing night lights, eliminating glass coffee tables, and using baby monitors. Lively line drawings make it easy for readers to visualize risks and implement prevention techniques. Living Safely, Aging Well pays special attention to hazards encountered by people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. A chapter devoted to health literacy helps people and caregivers make the best use of the medical care system and a chapter on driving helps evaluate when it is no longer safe to be behind the wheel.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Older people
ISBN : 0660082845

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Seniors' Guidebook to Safety and Security by Anonim Pdf

"This guide is for seniors, their family members, care-givers, friends, and anyone else who may find it useful. It is not meant to include everything but tries to answer some common concerns when it comes to seniors' safety and security. The goal is to raise awareness of seniors' safety issues to improve their quality of life. The information in this guide can also be used to help people and their loved ones discuss this topic to help recognize a potential crime situation and show how to reduce or remove the risk"--Page 2.

Author : Rae A. Stonehouse
Publisher : Live For Excellence Productions
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-10
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781777156589

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MAKE IT SAFE! TOP EIGHT HOME SAFETY TIPS FOR ELDERS by Rae A. Stonehouse Pdf

It is often said "it takes a village to raise a child." The same can be said about helping an elder age at home. Perhaps not a village, but certainly a family. Caregiving at home has proven its value in offsetting the high costs of in-facility healthcare, and at the same time, improving the quality of life for many elders. However, educational training and support for caregivers has been in short supply. The safety tips in this book will help you as a family caregiver create a safe living space and conditions to support an elder living semi-independently in the community or adapting your family household to support an elder as a member of your family. This content is excerpted from Make it Safe! A Family Caregiver’s Home Safety Assessment Guide for Supporting Elders@Home which is a compilation of safety tips, and sage advice to help support an elder in aging semi-independently and safely. As a recently retired Registered Nurse of over 40 years, author Rae A. Stonehouse has worked predominantly in the field of mental health/psychiatry. He has experience working with all ages of adults including the elderly in senior's facilities, psychogeriatric units, mental health facilities and in the community. While working as a Registered Nurse, Rae A. Stonehouse was actively involved with occupational Health & Safety in his workplaces. That experience has been beneficial in developing his skills to take an analytical look at a home's potential safety hazards and to provide strategies to rectify those hazards to make it safe for an elder to live there. With the Covid-19 pandemic in full force at the time of publishing this book, many families are considering alternatives to institutions for their elderly loved ones.

Author : Curtis Sliwa,Murray Schwartz
Publisher : Addison-Wesley
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Crime prevention
ISBN : 0201077892

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Streetsmart by Curtis Sliwa,Murray Schwartz Pdf

Specific psychological and physical strategies for avoiding and preventing crime at home and on the street are accompanied by photographs of the Guardian Angels in training and demonstrating techniques of self-defense

Author : Debra Smiley Holtzman
Publisher : Sentient Publications
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781591810292

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The Safe Baby by Debra Smiley Holtzman Pdf

Protecting their children is the greatest concern for most parents and grandparents. The Safe Baby provides them comprehensive help in making their homes safer for the entire family.

Author : Phd Henry Shovic
Publisher : Henry Shovic
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781413498363

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When There's Only You by Phd Henry Shovic Pdf

You have a right to a safe life! You have a right to walk where you want, protect your identity from theft and your computer from viruses, and feel safe when alone or with a partner. But how do you enforce those rights? Henry Shovic shows you how to take control. Not in an over-done, over-specific, self-defense lecture, but in an instructive, illustrated, easy-reader guide to daily safe living. We all have stories where we felt uncomfortable or unsafe. Dr. Shovic addresses these with no-nonsense, rock-solid solutions. * You grew up learning to be nice. But know when not to be nice! * Build awareness, confidence, training, and your support networks * Protect yourself in a "lawyer-friendly" way * Everyday scenarios and solutions * Simple but effective techniques for any size and strength And for men . Buy this book for your wife. And your daughter. And your son. And for you. It's legal. And it works.

Author : Jen Gale
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-09
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781472969132

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The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide by Jen Gale Pdf

Easy, do-able, down to earth ideas and suggestions for everyone to help save the planet. If you want to save the planet, but your to-do list is already pretty long and remembering your re-usable coffee cup feels like a Herculean task, then this is the book for you. Covering every aspect of our lives from the stuff we buy and the food we eat to how we travel, work, and celebrate, this book provides stacks of practical, down to earth ideas to slot into your daily life, alongside a gentle kick up the butt to put your newfound knowledge into action. Practical tips include unsubscribing from all the tempting emails that drop into your inbox with details of the newest clothing range or the latest sale, and keeping a mug next to your kettle to work out how much water you actually need to boil each time, as over-filling kettles costs British households £68 million on energy bills each year. Find out how to fit "sustainable living" into your life, in a way that works for you. Change your impact without radically changing your life and figure out the small steps you can make that will add up to make a big difference (halo not included).

Author : Janet M. Lisak,Marlene Morgan,Geriatric Environments for Living and Learning
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1997-05-01
Category : Accidents
ISBN : 0965812707

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The Safe Home Checkout by Janet M. Lisak,Marlene Morgan,Geriatric Environments for Living and Learning Pdf

Author : Nancy Harvey Steorts
Publisher : Capital Books
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 1931868441

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Safe Living in a Dangerous World by Nancy Harvey Steorts Pdf

The former Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission tells American families how to protect themselves from everyday accidents and international terrorism. Illustrations.

Author : Lyndsay Green
Publisher : Dundurn.com
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781771023221

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The Perfect Home for a Long Life by Lyndsay Green Pdf

The Perfect Home for a Long Life responds to the anxieties of boomers and seniors about where to live when they grow old and their fears about ending up in a nursing home. This book is designed to help people plan their future by providing creative and concrete examples of the many ways they can organize their living arrangements to support lives of quality and fulfillment throughout their retirement years. Housing needs are as individual as the residents themselves, and The Perfect Home for a Long Life guides the reader to discover what their needs are and how to fulfill them. The Perfect Home for a Long Life looks at downsizing, modifying your home, and retirement communities, as well as innovative solutions such as cohousing, shared housing, supportive housing, along with a number of other creative options. The focus is on practical housing solutions and replicable ideas with insights into the benefits and challenges of each option. The ideas are illuminated through dozens of confidential interviews with seniors, who share insights into living arrangements that are working for them and why. Combining practical lived experiences with research, tips and resources, The Perfect Home for a Long Life is an essential guide for anyone experiencing retirement or planning for the future.