Safety Tips for Older Adults and People with Disabilities

• Install and maintain smoke detectors
• Know two ways out of each room and keep these exits clear
• Older adults and people with disabilities may need help to escape… PLAN FOR THIS
• Practice your escape plan at least twice a year
• Make sure everyone knows where the safe meeting place is outside of the home
• Keep wheelchairs, eye glasses, hearing aids and phone next to your bed
• Make sure everyone can hear the alarms, if not, consider a different sound or one with a bed shaker or strobe light

Other Safety Tips You Can Live By

• Make sure space heaters are plugged directly into a receptacle. Do not use an extension cord or power strip
• Maintain the space heater the minimum of 3 feet from combustibles (flammable objects)
• Clean the dryer of lint after each use
• If you smoke, never smoke in bed.