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Living Safely, Aging Well: A Guide to Preventing Injuries at Home

Dorothy A. Drago
4.9/5 (30597 ratings)
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Description:As we age, our sense of balance and our vision, hearing, and cognition become less sharp. These changes greatly increase our risk of injury. In Living Safely, Aging Well, nationally recognized safety expert Dorothy A. Drago spells out how to prevent unintentional injury while cooking, gardening, sleeping, driving—and just walking around the house.In the first part of the book Drago describes the causes of injuries by type—falls, burns, poisoning, and asphyxia—and explains how to decrease the risk of each. She then explores the home environment room by room, pointing out potential hazards and explaining how to avoid them, for example, by installing night lights, eliminating glass coffee tables, and using baby monitors. Lively line drawings make it easy for readers to visualize risks and implement prevention techniques. Living Safely, Aging Well pays special attention to hazards encountered by people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. A chapter devoted to health literacy helps people and caregivers make the best use of the medical care system.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Living Safely, Aging Well: A Guide to Preventing Injuries at Home. To get started finding Living Safely, Aging Well: A Guide to Preventing Injuries at Home, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
216
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
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Release
2013
ISBN
1421411539

Living Safely, Aging Well: A Guide to Preventing Injuries at Home

Dorothy A. Drago
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
Read Now Download now ⏭ listen AudioBook
Description: As we age, our sense of balance and our vision, hearing, and cognition become less sharp. These changes greatly increase our risk of injury. In Living Safely, Aging Well, nationally recognized safety expert Dorothy A. Drago spells out how to prevent unintentional injury while cooking, gardening, sleeping, driving—and just walking around the house.In the first part of the book Drago describes the causes of injuries by type—falls, burns, poisoning, and asphyxia—and explains how to decrease the risk of each. She then explores the home environment room by room, pointing out potential hazards and explaining how to avoid them, for example, by installing night lights, eliminating glass coffee tables, and using baby monitors. Lively line drawings make it easy for readers to visualize risks and implement prevention techniques. Living Safely, Aging Well pays special attention to hazards encountered by people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. A chapter devoted to health literacy helps people and caregivers make the best use of the medical care system.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Living Safely, Aging Well: A Guide to Preventing Injuries at Home. To get started finding Living Safely, Aging Well: A Guide to Preventing Injuries at Home, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
216
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
—
Release
2013
ISBN
1421411539

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