Live Home Despite All Obstacles

It is holiday season once again, a time for decorating and making plans for our guests and visitors. Before the busiest time of the year could get the best of you, below are some tips to remember when lighting holiday candles and stringing up lights. -          Keep...

If you are thinking of traveling this holiday season, one of the most important things that you need to secure before you head somewhere is your home. As burglaries are quite rampant during this time of the year, we give you some tips on how to keep your home safe...

During the cold winter months, it is important for people to be very cautious when it comes to heating their homes. The Charlottesville Fire Department has put up some warning after a fire broke up in one of the homes in Albermarle County. According to Rich Jones, it...

While there are seniors who prefer to live independently, this option is not always possible. If your elderly loved ones wish to remain in their homes for as long as they can, there are actually several resources where they can get the help and care they need for...

Winter is just around the corner and while some may seem to love the weather it could also mean more risk to cough, colds and even flu. In order to help keep your elderly loved ones safe during the colder season, below are some...

Holiday season may be a time for fun and merry making but unfortunately it could also mean a time for fires. According to statistics, more than 45,000 fires occur during winter holidays and an average of seven people die each day. To ensure that you and your family...

Holiday season is apparently the busiest time of the year. While many of your friends and family members will be traveling this Thanksgiving holiday, such busy time of the year could also mean more targets for thieves while people are away from their homes. Security...

Elderly people are often the target of identity fraud. To avoid such from happening, here are some tips shared by the experts. -          Monitor your own credit report. -          Request a free credit report every 4 months. -          Make sure to keep track of...

Keeping your elderly loved ones safe through some important remodeling project is what you call seniorizing your home. As we all know falls are leading cause of injury and even death among seniors. That said, it is important that we keep our homes safe for our elderly...

According to experts, there are endless of ways patients especially seniors get hurt at home. And because they tend to have more visual, hearing and sensation problems, elderly people are more prone to accidents such as falling and slipping. Below are some tips on how...

For those individuals 65 years and older living alone, being extra careful in and around their own home is very important. Joy Wilson, President of Right at Home in Knoxville, shares some tips on how to improve senior home safety. -          Keep a flashlight near the...

According to the Alzheimer Society of Canada, 747,000 Canadians are living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias which is why they are now focused on helping people maintain a safe, dementia-friendly home. Below are some tips. -          Make sure you have fire...

According to studies, the risk of dying from fires in homes without smoke alarms is actually twice as high in homes that have working smoke alarms. In addition, more than 75 percent of seniors who die each year in fires do not have working smoke alarms in their homes....

In order to ensure the safety of your home, it is important that you schedule home fire safety checks. Below is a checklist of some of the things you can do to ensure the safety of your abode. -          Replace the coil that looks clogged. -          Don’t store...

Safety should be everyone’s priority especially if it involves our households, kids and elderly loved ones. To make sure that our family members stay safe all the time, here are some home safety tips. -          Make sure all windows and doors are closed before you go...

It is true that many accidents can happen in the home. Especially for senior citizens, staying at home can be very challenging since there can be more injury potential even in places we are very familiar with. Below are some tips on how to keep our elderly loved ones...

Winter safety inside and outside the house should be thoroughly observed by everyone, young and old. Senior citizens, however, in comparison with younger adults, tend to be more vulnerable to the insufferable consequences of extreme cold. To keep yourself or an...

Molds and those invisible germs in your refrigerator can actually kill people, particularly those who are over 65 years of age. To help keep your senior family members safe, here are some tips on how to prevent microbial hazards in their food. -          Always wash...

While traveling can be fun for other people, parents or guardians of a special needs child or an elderly family member may look at it as more of a work than play. But then with good planning and sufficient preparation, everybody can have a great time away from home....

When it comes to securing senior citizen safety, it is essential that every potential risk is identified and dealt with. For some, the safest option would be to move to a retirement community or into an assisted-living facility. But, more and more are also looking...