AD Lib

ID: 09123
Title:Home Safety for People With Alzheimer's Disease.
Publication Year: 2010
Format(s): Booklet , Online Resource
Language(s): English
Audience(s): Caregivers , Family Caregivers , Families of Alzheimer's Patients
Source: Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Aging. March 2010. 40 p.

Abstract: This booklet is designed to help caregivers improve home safety for individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or related disorders. It helps caregivers identify potential problems inside and outside of the home and offers possible solutions to prevent accidents. First, it discusses general safety concerns and offers guidelines to help determine whether it is safe to leave the person with AD alone. Next, it provides a checklist to help make each room in the home a safer environment for the person with AD. Then, it describes various behavioral (wandering, rummaging or hiding things, or hallucinations) and sensory changes (vision, smell, touch, taste, hearing) that can create safety problems and suggests ways to help reduce risks. It also provides tips for managing driving, warning signs for unsafe driving, making special occasions and large gatherings easier for the person with AD, and planning for natural disaster safety. Suggestions are given for how to plan for ongoing care of the person with AD in case something happens to the caregiver. The booklet ends with a list of resources for family caregivers. (see AD Lib 09149 for Spanish edition).

Availability: Available from the Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center. P.O. Box 8250, Silver Spring, MD 20907-8250. (800) 438-4380 or (301) 495-1080. FAX: (301) 495-3334. E-mail: adear@nia.nih.gov. Website: www.nia.nih.gov/Alzheimers/. PRICE: free print copy and free online access.
Major Descriptor(s): ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE , CAREGIVING , DEMENTIA , HOME-CARE , HOME-MODIFICATION , INDOOR-ENVIRONMENTS , OUTDOOR-ENVIRONMENTS , SAFETY , FAMILY-SUPPORT-SERVICES
Minor Descriptor(s): DRIVING , EMERGENCIES , WANDERING , HALLUCINATIONS , HOLIDAYS , SENSES , CARING-FOR-CAREGIVERS , EMERGENCIES
Link(s): http://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers/publications/homesafety.htm

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