(HealthDay News) -- When an elderly person falls, it could cause life-threatening injury.
Here are steps you can take to make your home safe for seniors, courtesy of the American Academy of Family Physicians:
- Keep the house well lit. Use bright lamps and overhead lighting, and keep night lights throughout the house.
- Fasten area rugs and carpeting well to the floor, and use nonskid rug pads.
- Keep electrical cords neat and out of areas where people walk.
- Install hand rails in bathrooms and stairways.
- In the kitchen, keep items within easy reach. Don't store things too high, where a stepladder is needed to reach them.
