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Aging at Home
Think through safety, support, routines, and sustainable help at home.
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A Home Safety Checklist for Aging Parents
A home-safety checklist can reveal hazards and questions, but it cannot certify that an aging parent is safe at home. Use it to guide a respectful walk-through and to identify where an occupational therapist, clinician, fire service, qualified contractor, equipment provider, or other professional should assess the situation.
Aging at Home: Questions Families Should Ask Before Deciding
Aging at home is workable when the person’s needs, the home, available support, finances, and emergency arrangements fit together and can be reviewed as circumstances change. Home is not automatically the safest, cheapest, or most loving setting, and another setting is not automatically a failure.