Aging in Place DIY Weekend | Aging In Place, Seniors at Home ...

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Independence is happiness.

-Susan B. Anthony

Mom?s Independence

Visiting mom this weekend? You Love to see her, get her caught up on the kids, your job, and current events, as well as seeing how she?s doing. Instead of sitting, eating, and watching TV again (while the time slips away); why not put your love for her into action this time. DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT?Break the pattern??

Get off the couch, turn off the TV, and get her involved; start her aging-in-place modifications for independence. Your drive back home will feel so much more positive, it will open the door to future home modifications, and you?ll be learning how to make your own independence more likely down the road.?

6 Aging in Place DIY modifications you can do (really you can) this Saturday/Sunday:

1. Remove any loose carpeting or area rugs;?if she loves them, hang them on the wall as a decoration.?

2. Replace her worn house-slippers with nonSlip sole-type??

3. Change out dim bulbs with energy saving brighter light bulbs so she stays off ladders

?? ?See:?Lighting for the Aging Eye???

And install these wonderful LED night lights (on Dusk/off Dawn)

4. Replace old Smoke Detector with STROBE lights and CARBON MONOXIDE alarm with VOICE

?5. Soap-on-a-rope keeps her from bending over to retrieve slippery soap on the tube floor

?6. Moen Home Care Glacier Tread Mat in the tub will help prevent slips in the tub

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Aging in Place Begin it Now

Your mother looks forward all week to your visits, she counts on you?like you count on her, to be there??

?A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.?

-Confucius

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See?

DIY Network: Tips on How to Make a Home ?Handi-capable?

More Aging in Place DIY projects in the near future so stay tuned!

(Photo Home Improvement with Andy Lindus)

Source: http://aginginplace.com/2012/10/aging-in-place-diy-weekend/

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