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Making sure your loved ones are safe, healthy, and happy in their own homes as they age is of primary importance. It is the key to helping the elderly age well at home. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Tips for Aging Well – At Home


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Tips for Aging Well At Home
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  • Making sure your loved ones are safe, healthy,
    and happy in their own homes as they age is of
    primary importance. It is the key to helping the
    elderly age well at home.
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Organizing and Modifying the Home
  • In order to help older people enjoy and make the
    most of aging in their own home instead of a
    nursing home, it needs to provide the safety and
    convenience necessary for their specific needs
    and long-term care.

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Mobility
  • As you look at how well the seniors current home
    is arranged to provide the needed support for
    daily mobility, we should ask the following
    questions
  • How well can you walk?
  • Can you climb up and down the stairs?
  • Can you get in and out of bed by yourself?
  • Can you sit and get out of a chair by yourself?

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Hygiene
  • The daily routine around hygiene is important to
    address as well when looking at having the
    optimum format for seniors. There are many
    modifications or accessories available to support
    senior hygiene needs.
  • Showering
  • Toileting
  • Grooming and Dressing

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Housework
  • Being able to continue doing housework is
    important to feeling active and independent, and
    reduced mobility can cause frustration and
    problems with this. Luckily, there are many
    innovative items that can help the elderly in
    doing daily home-related chores.
  • Cooking and Eating
  • As an elderly person, this is another important
    daily activity that may become more tedious as
    time goes by and, depending on the overall
    mobility and strength of the senior involved.

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Modern Safety Solutions
  • An important way to help the elderly age at home
    is to ensure their safety. Beyond making
    modifications to their home, we should consider
    purchasing a medical alert system which will
    provide an additional safeguard.
  • Homecare Assistance Extra Help to Keep Life
    Enjoyable

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Staying Social and Active
  • Physical, emotional, and mental health is the key
    to aging well as an elderly person. It is said
    that the more active and social you are and the
    more you use your brain, the more benefits you
    will get.
  • We shouldnt overlook how important the time and
    energy spent on doing things that bring social
    engagement, activity, and joy to the elderly. It
    will absolutely help support healthy aging.

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