Provide adequate lighting for porch area. Make sure there are no holes in the yard area. Check for exposed wiring or pipes on the outside grounds. Keep grass cut and clear thick, overgrown, areas of weeds and shrubs. Outside grounds should have lighting, to decrease the possibility of an intruder.
Automatic lights are a good choice, to increase security.
Make sure all outside doors lock properly. Follow these guidelines, and you can have a better peace of mind about the safety of your elderly loved one. Provides specific guildlines for making a safe home enviroment safer for the elderly. Inc. PageWise makes no representations about the content published on this site. PageWise hereby disclaims all warranties and conditions with regard to this information, and user agrees that all such use is at its own risk.