Senior Care Services Now Include Home Inspections

Senior Care Services Now Include Home Inspections

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You may have come to the time in your life where you need to consider senior care services. You, your parents, grandparents or someone you care about have come to the age where they need assistance in daily living. Make sure you don't overlook the safety of the home when shopping for senior care services.

The top two premature killers of the elderly are medication errors and hazards in the home. Both are preventable, it just takes foresight. Home Health Agencies can take care of the medication and personal care in senior care services. Until recently nobody considered care of the home health hazards past loose rails and trip hazards.

Having your home made safe is a primary concern with senior care services. A senior's home may have invisible killers in it. Mold and mildew, lead and asbestos can all contribute to undermining the health of you and your family. Most furnace service companies do not routinely check for carbon monoxide or blocked chimneys. While the younger generations may be somewhat resilient to these toxins, the elderly are more compromised. These also should be considered in the plan for your senior care services.

A hot water tank set below 138 degrees F. can allow Legionella to grow which causes a form of pneumonia. If nobody checks and corrects the water temperature, a senior could just continue from one bout of pneumonia to the next. A home health person may check if an outlet operates or an extension cord is frayed, but the exterior wires to the home could be worn, or the fuse box unsafe.

Senior Home Safety Network inspectors recently discovered a senior parent heating their home with the gas range. Her daughter knew that the mother was hiding a problem, but lived too far away to check on the home herself.

Collectively, it can be safely said that injury due to environmental problems in the home account for a major part of nursing home admissions and in home deaths. Few things are sadder than the stories one hears on the news of an elderly person who died at home because they fell, had a fire or defective furnace. What's more, it could have been prevented if home inspections were thought of as part of senior care services.

The day may one day come when you have to admit your parent to a long term care facility for senior care services. If you or your parents own the home, it is in your best interest to get the maximum value that you can if you have to sell it. A home that is inspected and then well maintained sells for a better price.

It is inevitable that the home will be inspected when it is sold, Why not have a senior living in safety now instead of correcting the defects when they are gone?

Senior home safety inspections can help maximize the resell value of the home, a value that you may one day have to rely on. In the interest of your family's senior care services, you should definitely include a home safety inspection.

About the Author:
Children of the seniors who are trying to see that their parents are safe and Seniors who need our services, we are the only program in the nation dedicated to inspecting the safety of the home, as opposed to the health of the occupants. For More Info: www.SeniorHomeSafetyNetwork.com



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