Home modifications

Most falls among older adults happen at home in the familiar rooms a person has navigated for years. This room-by-room home safety checklist, based on the CDC’s evidence-informed “Check for Safety” guide, walks you through the floors, stairs, bathroom, bedroom, and kitchen to find and fix the ordinary hazards that cause falls.

Are walk-in tubs worth it? For the right person, yes but they are not the obvious safety upgrade the advertising suggests. A walk-in tub genuinely helps someone who loves a soak, has arthritis or joint pain that hydrotherapy eases, and struggles to stand for a shower.