Storms and hurricanes can be a distressing moment especially for seniors. Now to help prepare elderly people for these occurrences, here are some important tips. Inform your family and loved ones where you plan to go during a storm. Find your friends and family who...
How to Help Elderly Loved Ones Keep Track of Their Medications
According to reports, double dosing is one of the most common medication errors among elderly people. And with so many products that they need to take, it can be really confusing among seniors to find the right medicine. Below are some tips on how to help your elderly...
Ways to Improve Senior Home Safety
Falls at home are a pretty common scenario among senior citizens. As a matter of fact, falls are the leading cause of injury related deaths for elderly individuals. Now if you want to make sure that your aging parents and grandparents are safe at home, here are some...
How to Keep Your Home Safe While You Are Away
Summer season is a time for vacation with family and friends. But before you head out to your next escapade, you need to make sure that your home is safe and secure while you are away. Below are some important tips to follow that will help ensure home safety. Hide the...
Things You Can Do to Make Your Home More Secure
Break-ins can be very scary and truth is they can happen anytime. And because we spend longer periods of time outside our home, it is important that keep your house as secure as possible. Below are ways in which you can secure your own home. Install surveillance...
Ways to Improve Your Home’s Security
Keeping your home safe from break-ins and intruders should be everyone’s priority. While home insurance can help protect your home and your belongings, it doesn’t really compensate for the loss of items with sentimental value. That being said, here are some tips that...
Keeping Your Home Safe
With people heading off to their summer getaways, it is important that everyone take necessary precautions against burglars and break-ins. To help you protect your home from thieves while you are away for a vacation, here are some home safety tips. Make sure to stop...
Ways to Keep Your Home Safe
Apart from making sure that the doors and windows of your new home meet the standard, there are actually a lot of things you can do to ensure that your property is just as safe. Below are some tips that you may want to check. Check the condition of your doors and...
How to Keep Your Home Safe from Burglars
We all certainly want to keep our homes safe from burglars however increasing incidents of break-ins make homeowners question their own safety. Below are some tips on how individuals can protect themselves from these break-ins. Make sure the doors, windows and garage...
Home Security Tips
One of the most important things you need to ask yourself is whether or not you are prepared for a home invasion. Just like what experts say, there is actually no single way to securing your home from thieves and intruders. However, with several layers of protection,...
Tips on How to Make Your Home Safer
Keeping your home safe from thieves and intruders is very much possible with some safety precautions. Apart from indoor timers and security systems, here are some tips that will help keep you and your family secure in your own home. Hang a bell on the front door to...
Fire Safety Tips for Your Home
Financial abuse of the elderly is considered by many experts as the crime of the 21st century. Everywhere we go we hear about seniors getting scammed in fake lottery contests. One of the speakers at Pickaway County Safe Bank Project shares some practical tips on how...
Home Safety Tips: Preventing Falls and Other Accidents
Keeping a safe home is part of staying healthy. And a big part of being healthy means preventing falls, injuries and other accidents in your own home. Below are some tips on how to ensure that your home is safe from accidents. Install lights inside and outside of your...
Keeping Your Home Safe During Summer
As people spend more time outside of their homes, homeowners are being warned to be more cautious in keeping their properties secure and safe. Below are some tips on how you can keep your own home safe from home invasions. Make sure to keep all your windows and doors...
Ways to Keep Your Home Safe While You Are Away
Spring season is finally here and needless to say this is a perfect time to go on vacations with their family and friends. But before you head off to your holiday escapade, it is important that you ensure the safety of your resident. Below are some tips on how you can...
Creating an “Age in Place” Type of Home
Retirement doesn’t necessarily mean moving to a senior community. If you want to remain in your current home after retirement, you can actually do so as long as it is conducive and safe. Below are some tips on how to ensure a safe home. Change up common areas so as to...
Security Tips for Your Home
It takes a lot of protection to keep your property safe from home invasions and thieves. Of course, you need to make sure that your home becomes less of a target during break-ins which is why it is important to enforce those security measures. Below are some tips....
Helping Seniors Who Are Living Alone
Most seniors these days insist on living at home despite of their vulnerability and potential for falls and injury. As children, there are a lot of ways for you to help your aging parents to stay safe and eventually restore their quality of life. Below are some tips....
Home Safety Tips for Spring Season
Now that fall and winter seasons are almost over, it’s time that we prepare our household for the warmer weather. Below are some tips on how homeowners can start the season right. Replace the batteries of your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. Check the...
Preventing Fire with Clothes Drier Safety Tips
Taking care of your clothes dryer is very important to your home’s safety. According to the National Fire Protection Association, failure to clean home dryers is one of the leading causes of home fires. Below are tips on how to clothes dryer fire. Have your dryer...