The ability to live safely and independently in one’s own home can be vital for aging adults. Remaining in a familiar environment has been shown to increase self-esteem, mental health, and overall well-being.
Benefits include:
- Ability to personalize your care and routines
- A familiar environment provides increased stability, security, and comfort
- Often more cost effective than assisted living facilities
How Sound Generations can help
Aging in place can present new obstacles, such as using the stairs or completing certain routine household tasks. Making some simple adjustments can be immensely helpful as these challenges present themselves. Here are some simple ways to ensure that you or a loved one continue to age in place safely:
- Install railings & grab bars. As mobility and balance changes with aging, having easy-to-grab railings and bars in bathrooms, on stairs, and in other areas of the home can provide easy assistance for an older adult living at home alone. Minor Home Repair is here to help!
- Make a transportation plan. Sometimes older adults are no longer able to comfortably drive themselves to get from place to place. Sound Generations transportation services can help you get where you need to go.
- Have a supported caregiver around to help. Having another person around to help with daily activities like chores, meals, or personal hygiene tasks can be a comfort for someone living alone. Sometimes family members step in to provide this assistance, but we recognize that caregivers often need their own care and support too. Our Caregiver Support program offers free, confidential, and personalized services to unpaid caregivers residing in King County.
“Many thanks for the safety repairs and updates at my home. With progressive multiple sclerosis symptoms, combined with age, I face increased unsteadiness and poorer balance. The installation of the missing front and back stair rails, and the improved longer basement steps railing have all made my home so much safer.”
– Minor Home Repair Client
Sound Generations is here to help older adults and those who love them in the transition of aging positively in place, whatever that may look like for them.
Donate today to help support programs that make aging in place possible.