Personal Safety While Alone At Home

While most of us tend to take adequate safety precautions when traveling or moving around outside, we very naturally feel that our home is safe place. However, home is where small accidents like slips and falls occur on a regular basis. Further, criminal attacks have been known to take place inside homes and even during broad daylight. In what follows, we will look at some important steps that we can all take to ensure our personal safety at home.

Taking the following precautions in and around the house can go a long way in ensuring your personal safety:

• Make sure that the walkway area around your house is well lit.
• Make sure your hallways and stairways are also well lit.
• If you are going to be cooking, wear cotton clothes and roll up anything that is loose, like long sleeves for instance. These can easily get caught on pot handles or catch fire on open flames.
• Use bathroom rugs that have non-skid backing – this will help prevent falls in the bathroom.
• If you are a senior citizen, you will need more room in your house to move around unobstructed so that you avoid bumping and tripping over furniture. Try to get rid of as much clutter as you can. Then reposition your furniture so that it is out the walkway areas.
• You might also ask a friend or a family member to take a quick look around the house and point out anything that can be rearranged to improve your personal safety. They might see some things that pose a potential threat, things you might not have noticed. Consult them and make a list of what needs to be done in the house so that you can move around and live more safely.
• Always be wary of door-to-door sales people. Do not let them in when you are alone. Always insist on the company people making an appointment with you before sending a representative over. It may also help if you stick a ‘No Solicitations Please’ sign on your door or window. Never sign anything unless you have consulted at least a couple of your friends and family members.

You could consider going in for a Personal Emergency Response System if any of the following applies to you-

• You are a senior citizen and are restricted in your mobility.
• You need to take care of a family member from a long distance.
• You are a senior citizen who lives alone or is alone for most part, particularly at night.

Many families make time to attend to their loved ones during the day. They may also try to arrange for an in-home care provider or a companion. However, families always worry about what will happen to them in their absence or in the absence of a caregiver. A Personal Emergency Response System will summon help when needed at just a push of a button.

By taking the above-mentioned precautions, you can prevent accidents and ensure your personal safety even at home.