Top Products For Your Senior Clients Living Alone
We researched some of the best gadgets and products for your senior clients living alone in 2020. These products focus on making a safer home environment for older adults, allowing them to live independently for as long as possible. Thanks to products like these, losing independence due to mobility issues may not be as big of a problem. Here are five of our favorite products to help seniors age in place.
1. Floor-cleaning robot
Keeping floors clean is important to everyone; unfortunately, bending over to sweep up piles of dirt, or pushing heavy vacuums around risking a fall can deter any senior. Using hands-free robot aids independent living and helps to maintain a sense of control over your client’s environment. There are a number of cleaning robots that can sweep, mop, and even vacuum. House-cleaning robots, like the iRobot Roomba, can help seniors save time, avoid risking a fall, as well as their sore joints, from attempting to keep the floors clean.
2. Shower Bench or Chair
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), falls are the number one cause of injuries, hospital admissions, and death for older Americans. One in four Americans aged 65 and older falls every year, and more than 90% of hip fractures are due to falls. Of all those falls, thousands of them occur in the bathroom, the CDC reports. A shower chair or bench can be an invaluable product to ensure safety and convenience while taking a shower.
3. Grabbing Tool
Bending down to pick things up gets challenging as we age. The risk of losing your balance or not being able to get back up can turn into an ordeal for seniors. Grabber tools make picking up trash or that random sock on the floor much easier, without having to bend over. It also works as an arm extension allowing you to reach items in high places.
4. Medical Alert System
Medical alert systems offer a quick and simple way for seniors living by themselves to get emergency help. These handy devices can be worn as a pendant or a watch and give seniors the ability to receive help by pressing a single button. Most medical alert systems range from $20 – $40 per month for traditional home phone landlines, and a little more for wireless capabilities.
5. Automatic Pill Dispenser
Forgetfulness often is a part of getting older. As frustrating as this is, it can be disastrous if your senior clients forget to take their meds. Medication management accounts for a large percent of nursing home admissions, and automatic pill dispensers are a great way to help prevent forgetting to take pills. Or worse, forgetting you have taken them and taking too many. An automatic pill dispenser is an easy, no-brainer solution to avoid these potentially life-threatening mistakes.
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