101 Tips on Staying Safe at Home with Dementia. Avoid Falls, Floods, Injuries, Accidents, Doorstep Crime and More

If you or a member of your family has received a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, Vascular Dementia, Lewy Body dementia or another type of dementia, you know exactly how frightening this can be. Apart from affecting memory, judgement and keeping track of things, dementia can also turn your own home into a dangerous place to live.

However, did you know that there are simple modifications that can be done to make the home environment safer and help provide a better quality of life while living with dementia?

"101 Tips on Staying Safe at Home with Dementia" is a comprehensive go-to guide for enhancing personal safety and security and making the home safer to live in, if you or a family member has dementia. It also offers insight into creating a home environment that is dementia-aware, building on ability rather than limitation.

With clear information for all readers and straightforward descriptions that eliminate guesswork, this book offers a fast and easy way to help people with dementia to manage their daily lives better and stay safe at home, whether through simple DIY modifications, assistive technology or research-backed strategies.

There are many unanswered questions regarding safety within the living environment for most people with dementia. This book answers them.

Whether your goal is to protect a family member at home from accidents, make the home safe, or you simply need to find a way to use basic household appliances safely, this book is written to empower you with deep and insightful information.

Here's a preview of what you'll discover within the pages of this book:

How to make the house as safe and secure as possible, both internally and externally
How to create an environment that offers the opportunity to build on ability rather than on restriction
Proven strategies to promote safer walking, and help prevent wandering off and getting lost
How to use assistive technology to live safely and well at home
How to put adequate measures in place to ensure your personal safety and help stop doorstep crime
And much more

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