Posted on:
September 30th, 2024
Last reviewed:
January 3rd, 2025
How can I make my home dementia friendly?
When you’re living with dementia there are some simple changes you can make to your home surroundings that will benefit you, with relatively little effort. You can read more about these here , but here’s a summary of easy ways to make your home a more comfortable, safer place to be: Clear the clutter – make sure there’s nothing in rooms that will trip you up by clearing the floors of piles, bags, boxes and overly large furniture that could become obstacles Check flooring – do you have any rugs, trailing throws, cushions that could fall on the floor, overly long curtains, ill-fitting carpet or damaged flooring that could become trip hazards? Improve the lighting – ensure rooms are light and bright during the day and suitable for sleeping at night. Add lamps, put in stronger lightbulbs, if possible, cut back vegetation outside, remove net curtains and anything that blocks light from coming in. Consider adding blackout blinds to windows so that your bedroom is dark at night. Add reminders – big digital clocks, notes on cupboards and doors, pictures to remind you of where certain kitchen items and food are, alarms on devices… all these things will act as memory joggers for things like eating, drinking, appointments, bedtime and taking medication. Change things up – if you can, consider redecorating and getting new flooring in. Anything patterned or with blocks of black (toilet seats, chequered flooring, dark welcome mats etc) could be problematic in future. Consider buying plain carpet in a colour that contrasts with a plain painted wall. Keep essentials somewhere obvious – use a large bowl or box for things like the TV remote control, your phone, glasses, travel passes, keys etc. Put it somewhere you can’t miss it, like a coffee table. Sources: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/blog/10-ways-make-your-home-dementia-friendlyOther relevant FAQs you might like...
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