| Now that your parents are seniors, they need a | | | | shower. Replace these with soaps that can easily be |
| special bathroom that can accommodate their needs | | | | rinsed off and doesn't leave oil residue. |
| and this is in answer to the fall prevention tips that | | | | The next item in this list of fall prevention tips is |
| are outlined below in order for your elderly parents | | | | very important. Bathroom appliances such as hair |
| to have a safe usage of the bathroom. To be able | | | | dryers, electric razors, and electric toothbrushes |
| to follow the fall prevention tips below you should be | | | | should be removed or kept far away from the water |
| open to the idea that your bathroom might need | | | | and the path of your elderly parents as these carry |
| some remodeling so that your parents have lots of | | | | the risk of electrocution or tripping on the wires |
| room to maneuver themselves in the bathroom and | | | | which leads to a bad fall. |
| this is important if they are already using mobility aids | | | | Remove clutter from your bathroom floor such |
| such as walkers with wheels, canes, or wheelchairs. | | | | as tissue papers, used towels, laundry baskets, even |
| As part of growing old, the vision is more likely | | | | vanity cases or tables should be removed again to |
| affected therefore replace those low wattage lights | | | | make a wider space for maneuvering. |
| inside bathrooms and opt for those brighter lights. | | | | If you have smooth tiled floors or marble floors |
| Many seniors also wake up in the middle of the night | | | | cover which are practically hard to replace without |
| to use the bathroom, see to it that it's going to be a | | | | spending much, you can opt for no slip rubber mats |
| safe journey into the bathroom by installing night | | | | or wall to wall carpeting. |
| lights on the path to the bathroom to help them see | | | | A simple fall safety tip is convincing your senior |
| where they're going. | | | | parents to use aqua shoes when taking a bath. |
| You might want to replace those tubs with a | | | | These are shoes that are safe to wear in water as |
| walk-in shower that has no steps to prevent falls and | | | | they have high traction to prevent accidental falls. |
| trips as your elderly parents try to walk over the | | | | Towels and robes should be within reach but far |
| shower steps. If that cannot be done, you must | | | | enough from the shower or tub so that there is less |
| install handrails that will adequately support the weight | | | | movement on their part to reach those items. |
| of each of your elderly parents because if these | | | | The last item in this list of fall prevention tips is |
| handrails don't, then the purpose is defeated. Another | | | | aimed at the frequently ignored area which is the |
| idea is to use a non-slip rubber mat that is large | | | | toilet seat which has a height that is often too low |
| enough in the tub itself for traction. The mats that | | | | and less comfortable for seniors with arthritic joints, |
| you choose should be of a contrasting color than | | | | sitting might be easy but it's the getting up where |
| that of your tub so that even thought they may | | | | trouble usually lies. The solution to this is to install |
| have bad eyesight, they can still see the rubber mat. | | | | booster seats with handrails for support. |
| It's possible that while taking a bath, they get | | | | This list of fall prevention tips is a great guide to help |
| dizzy and have a slip and fall accident, hand rails which | | | | you or a caregiver you hire do the best job possible |
| are vertical bars are a great help as they offer | | | | in caring for your elderly parents because they |
| something to hold on to keep themselves steady. | | | | shouldn't be denied the chance to live longer lives just |
| Bath oils, moisturizers, and oil-based soaps are | | | | because they already belong to the young once |
| also the factors that cause seniors to slip when they | | | | generation. |
| try to get up from the tub or as they use the | | | | |