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Home » Patient Care » Home / Safety / Well-being » Modifying Your Home for a Person with Alzheimer’s

Modifying Your Home for a Person with Alzheimer’s

Living Room that Can be Modified for Alzheimer'sNobody instantly moves into a memory-care community upon diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or other dementia. In fact, estimates say that between 60 to 80% of all people with dementia are cared for in a private residence. Worldwide that’s somewhere around 26 to 35 million people.

If you’re over 40 then you’ve probably already realized that your home is not as “friendly” as it was when you were younger – the lighting is less adequate, the stairs are a pain to climb, and why do you keep tripping over that throw rug that has always been there?


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Now imagine a person with Alzheimer’s, whose judgment, visual perception, coordination, and memory are waning, living in the same house. You should quickly realize that your home isn’t Alzheimer’s friendly either.

You can, however, start making inexpensive changes to your home that will help accommodate their unique needs. To help get you started, I wrote this article, 4 DIY Alzheimer’s Friendly Home Modifications, which was published by Val over at Love My DIY Home.

Please consider stopping by and leaving a comment. Or maybe you can share this article with a friend who needs to make their home Alzheimer’s friendly.


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Creating an Alzheimer’s Friendly Home


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Have you had any experience in improving your home? I’d like to hear from you in the comments below.

About Mike Good

Hi, I founded Together in This to help family members caring for someone with Alzheimer’s. Through informative training and easy-to-use tools, I aim to help you take control and have peace-of-mind knowing you are doing the right things.

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  1. Vicki Kaufmann says

    August 30, 2015 at 4:09 pm

    Dear Mike,
    I just now looked at your Home-Preparation Guide. It is a great quick listing of things and you designed the checklist in such a way that is very practical for the caregiver. Would I have your permission to save a link to this on the Resource section of my website? I would definitely mention your name and website along with the URL link. I will not do it without your permission.

    Please let me know at Vicki@caregiverfamilies.com. Also, let me know how you wold like the credits to read. Thank you.

    Vicki Kaufmann

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    • Mike Good says

      August 30, 2015 at 4:57 pm

      Absolutely Vicki – that’s really nice of you. Thank you for you nice comments and for sharing.

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      • Vicki Kaufmann says

        August 31, 2015 at 6:19 am

        Thank you so much, Mike. I will be posting it this Friday, Sept. 4. It will be on my website section under “Resources/website.”

        I hope it directs some caregivers your way. I am also speaking at a program for new caregivers at the end of the month and will mention your document and website.

        Vicki

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