Gitlin, L. (2007). Guidelines for environmental adaptations and safety at home. Alzheimer's Care Today, 8(3): 278-281.

Summary:

• This document provides 2 tables which describe ways to improve and adapt the home to make it a safer living environment
• The two table are: “Home Safety Environmental Checklist” and “Environmental Modifications for Specific Behaviors and Activities”
• The “Home Safety Environmental Checklist” provides potential hazards in different areas of the home and the “Environmental Modifications for Specific Behaviors and Activities” provides potential modifications for different areas of the home
• There are very helpful suggestions in this document that came from an issue of Alzheimer’s Care Quarterly, “Finding Home”

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