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.