Several weeks ago, a dear family friend of mine suffered a devastating stroke. For a few days, his family members didn’t know if he would survive this event. Thankfully, he did. Now, he is undergoing the slow recovery process in a nursing home. Since his stroke, his family has been amazing. They visit him daily at the nursing facility. They have even decorated his room in an effort to make him feel like he is at home. If your loved one has recently been admitted to a nursing home, don’t despair. You may be able to help your loved one adjust to this living situation better by being supportive. On this blog, you will discover the ways to make your loved one’s transition to a nursing home easier.
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4 Ways Assisted Living Facilities Protect Their Residents From Fall Accidents
Johnny Rodriguez
Did you know that senior citizens report about 36 million falls in the country annually? As you grow old, your strength, balance, flexibility, muscle, and bone mass reduce, putting you at a high risk of falling. Even worse, age comes with impaired vision, which also exposes you to fall accidents. You could also be taking medications that might cause dizziness and falls. Luckily, you do not have to stay in a home that has all forms of fall hazards. No, you can move to an assisted living facility. Here is how assisted living facilities prevent fall accidents.
1. Clutters and Debris Free Environment
If clutter and debris pose a high risk of trip and fall accidents for a young and healthy person, you do not want to imagine what it can do to a weak senior citizen. Assisted living facilities strive to create a safe environment for their residents. They remove loose cords, wheelchairs, rugs, carts, and other clutter in the bathrooms, hallways, and bedrooms to help keep fall accidents as minimal as possible.
2. Adequate Lighting, Grab Bars, and Handrails
If you walk on a poorly lit hallway or street, you will likely trip on something and fall. To prevent such scenarios, a reliable assisted living facility invests in quality lighting to ensure adequate light in bedrooms, hallways, bathrooms, and stairways. Moreover, they understand that grab bars and handrails can come in handy in the event of a fall and have put numerous of them in the bathrooms and stairways.
3. Encourage Regular Physical Activities
Being inactive is a perfect recipe for loss of strength and stability, which causes fall accidents. When you move to an assisted living facility, you participate in strength and balance exercises such as chair sit to stand to help boost stamina and prevent fall accidents. Whether it is an individual or group exercise, all exercises are guided by a certified trainer. You may be surprised at how exercise can help boost your energy levels and stability.
4. Bathroom Assistance
Most older adults fall when going to the bathroom. In a well-established assisted living facility, you do not have to dread bathroom calls. They usually have a call bell, which you can ring anytime you won't need to relieve yourself. The caregivers can walk you to the bathroom and help you sit on the toilet seat to ensure you do not lose balance and fall.
With a weak and delicate body, a fall is the last thing you want to experience. It can leave you with severe injuries or worsen your existing ones. Assisted living facilities go out of their way to ensure every resident is safe from fall accidents. So, if you have stability or vision issues, it is in your best interest to move to a senior assisted living facility.
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