The Best Kitchen Safety Tips for Seniors
Elder Care in Glenolden
Seniors who are aging in place have a high risk of accidents and falls. This is especially true in rooms like the kitchen and the bathroom. But seniors and their families can take steps to make those rooms safer. With a little creativity, some organizing supplies, and attention to detail, seniors can be perfectly safe cooking in their kitchens. Some of the most recommended kitchen safety tips and tricks for seniors aging in place include:
Use Anti Slip Mats
Most people think about bathroom floors being slippery and being a slip and fall risk for seniors. However, few think about the kitchen floor. Seniors can also be at risk on kitchen floors. Water and food can be spilled on the floors, making it difficult for seniors to safely walk on the floor. It’s a good idea to use anti-slip mats in the kitchen and bathroom. If your senior loved one doesn’t want to use anti-slip mats, you can buy small, cushioned mats to prevent falls.
Keep Everything At Arm Height
Seniors can have a hard time bending down to reach into cupboards. Getting to crackpots or waffle makers, usually stored in lower cupboards, can be difficult. They can also have trouble reaching pots and pans on racks or utensils on walls or pegboards. If your senior loved one has elder care, the elder care provider can help them reach things. However, the elder care provider won’t be there all the time. It’s best to put everything your senior parent uses frequently on the counter or hang at arm height. Then, they don’t need to reach up or bend far down to get the things they use every day.
Use Smart Plugs For Gadgets
One of the dangers seniors face in the kitchen is forgetting to turn off things like the coffee pot, the egg boiler, or the toaster oven. If you put those appliances and gadgets on smart plugs, your senior parent or elder care provider can control them with their voice through an app or a virtual assistant. You can also turn them off yourself with an app. So if your senior loved one forgets to turn them off, it will be easy for you to turn them off no matter where you are.
Put Appliances On Timers
Another thing seniors sometimes forget to do is turn off or run appliances. If you put appliances on timers, they will shut themselves off if your senior loved one forgets to shut them off. For example, you can set the coffee pot to turn off after a couple hours, if your senior loved one forgets to turn it off. Or you can set the dishwasher to run on a timer, so your senior loved one doesn’t forget to turn on the dishwasher.
If you or an aging loved one are considering hiring Elder Care in Glenolden, PA, and the surrounding area, please contact the friendly staff at Suma Home Care. (484) 206-4544
Ibrahim recently completed a Professional Certificate in Management; He is currently pursuing a Masters in Business Administrations (MBA) at a prestigious university in the UK.
With their passion for helping others and a strong background in customer services and clinical care, Ibrahim and his wife started assisting individuals in their homes.
Since started and operating Suma Home Care in 2010 in the basement of their home, Suma Home Care has provided professionals who work endlessly in providing clients with the highest quality of care, while enabling clients to maintain dignity, comfort and safety in their homes.
Suma Home Care, serves four counties in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Chester, Montgomery and Philadelphia. Ibrahim is firmly connected to his local community and is always looking for ways to give back whenever the opportunity presents itself.
Ibrahim enjoys spending time with his wife and children, travelling and enjoys sports.
Mariama Suma-Keita BSN RN
Born in Sierra Leone west Africa, relocated to America in 1999 from a civil war and settled since in the U.S.A as a Naturalized citizen Graduated from National school of nursing with an associate , and completed BSN in Nursing from Immaculata University graduated with Honor roll Alpha Lambda sigma, After escaping the war served as a refugee nurse in Gambia and Guinea to other displaced refugees before coming to America.
In the states started in Homecare then then transition into hospital, worked in Jefferson hospital as a Registered nurse on Tele and general medsurg floor, also worked in Einstein hospital as an oncology transplant nurse , I realized that I enjoy working with patients so much and believe in quality and compassionate care one at a time dealing with an holistic approach in caring for patients and family in a familiar environment called home , I see the impact and progress when they’re home , it makes them feel relax and progress fast with recovering at home. As a nurse and entrepreneur I understand that dedication to meeting people and families needs is a priority, and able to foster relationships with family and patients that is professional and friendly to help them stay and settled home as a desire.
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