Health & Fitness
New Free Guide: Senior Care - A Guide to Staying Safe in the Kitchen
New Free Guide: Senior Care - A Guide to Staying Safe in the Kitchen, written by Stan Lawson of Sequoia Senior Solutions
You may have heard the expression “a watched pot never boils,” but what if you don’t want it boiling over while your mother is cooking? Like they say, “there’s an app for that” only here we are talking about some interesting applications. Sequoia Senior Solutions has a new free guide that will explain about that app and much more in Senior Care – A Guide to Staying Safe. You can get your guide to simple solutions that can help your loved ones age in place.
You know that your aging parents want to remain in their familiar home, but you are worried about all the things that can go wrong, like the pot boiling over or other kitchen disasters. Even with a caregiver in the home part of the day, you worry. While you may know what they are since you have to watch out for them yourself, you know that sometimes your mother has left a pot holder or cup towel on the stove and it caught fire. She got distracted for a just a minute. So you worry.
Cooking accidents are the leading cause of fire related injuries to older Americans. The kitchen is one of the most active and potentially dangerous rooms in the home.
Also in the kitchen are these other aids for comfort and safety:
- Gadgets that enable someone with a weak grip to open cans and bottles
- Specialized kitchenware than enables you to eat with one hand
- Utensils with large handles for a better grip. L-shaped knives also ensure a better grip and minimize the possibility of injuries.
- If your loved one is agreeable, think about replacing glass kitchen wear with a non-breakable material. The ability to grip things firmly decreases with age. Look at a light-weight material with a non-slippery surface. Having to navigate around broken glass is a dangerous situation for an elderly person.
- Pot stabilizers utilize a wire frame the keeps the pot from spinning while you’re stirring. This device holds the pot handle in place, preventing the cook from knocking the pot off the stove.
