Home Access

Whether you’re aging or are coping with an injury or ailment, it always feels best when you’re in your own home. Luckily home medical equipment is available to help you with just about any navigation, safety, or comfort issue that you may encounter. Let’s take a look at how you might put home medical equipment to work in your own house.

The furniture that we use can have a major effect on our lives, especially as we get older. Consider these three pieces of furniture which can immediately improve your quality of life as you age. One or all of them may be just right for your home.

Although our homes are meant to be safe havens, they can actually become dangerous as we age and lose the balance and mobility that we once had. Luckily, home medical products can make your home safer. Here are 5 medical products for safe home navigation that you may want to consider.

The tub and shower area of your bathroom is one of the most difficult areas in your home to navigate safely, and falling when entering or exiting the tub or shower is a major risk. Luckily you have two options in making this area safer and more accessible: a walk-in tub or a roll-in shower. What’s the difference, and which option is best for you?

A bad fall is terrible for anyone that does it, but the truth is that it gets (unfortunately) worse as we age. We just don't pop back up as quickly as we did in our youth, and falls for older Americans can have lasting effects that permanently reduce your mobility.

According to research by the National Council on Aging, every 13 seconds, an older adult is seen in emergency care for a fall-related injury. That's scary.

The best thing you can do is to take following preventative measures.

If you plan on staying in your own home during your golden years, it’s a good idea to check it thoroughly for risks to your health and safety. As you do, don’t forget the outside of your home. Maintaining the exterior of your home will keep you safe as you enter and exit and will allow you to take in beautiful summer evenings and crisp autumn days without worrying about falls or other ways of getting hurt.

As you go through your home, injury-proofing it room by room, don’t overlook your hallways and your stairs. These are high-traffic areas that often present challenges to a senior citizen’s mobility. By following a few simple guidelines, however, you’ll be able to make your stairs and hallways much safer and allow you to preserve your independence by staying in your own home.

What could be dangerous about your living room? We tend to think of our living rooms as safe spaces, and for the most part, they are, but, like your bathroom or your kitchen, there could be hidden risks. These living room safety tips should be followed at any age, but especially if you’re a senior citizen interested in maintaining your independence by remaining in your own home.

If you’re like millions of other American seniors, you’re determined to remain in your home during your golden years, enjoying all the independence and familiarity that comes with it. As we wrote in our recent free eBook, for people of any age, many rooms of your home can contain risks to your health and safety. For seniors who want to enjoy their homes for many years to come, we recommend taking a few simple precautions to avoid these risks.

When you think about it, there are a lot of ways you can get hurt in your kitchen—at any age. From sharp knives to hot surfaces to slippery floors to flammable gas, your kitchen presents the opportunity to injure yourself in seemingly every corner.