The Safe Living Guide—A Guide to Home Safety for Seniors

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There's No Place Like Home... But...

The Facts: Seniors and Injury in Canada

The Facts: Aging Brings Changes

Keeping Your Home Safe

• Outside and Inside Checklists
• Eileen's Story

Keeping Yourself Healthy and Active

• Nutrition Checklist
• Physical Activity Checklist
• Eleanor's Story

Keeping Track of Your Medicine

• Medication Safety Checklist
• Margaret's Story

Keeping Safe with Safety Aids

• Useful Aids
• Peter's Story

Keeping Safe Through Adapting Your Home

• Useful Changes
• Stan's Story

You CAN prevent falls!

Organizations

For More Information

The Division wishes to thank all those who contributed time
and effort to the completion, evaluation and revision of this guide.

The Public Health Agency of Canada is not responsible for errors or any consequences arising from the use of the information published in this guide.

3^rd edition-revised
Reprinted 2007, 2008.

Published by authority of the Minister of Health.

©Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Health, 2005.

Winner in the 2006 Mature Media Awards Program.

 

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