Making Kitchens Adaptable for Seniors

 

Are there things in the room that could be adapted so they are easier for the senior to reach or use or so that the senior can get around more easily and safely?

 

Here’s an example of things to look for in a kitchen:

  • Are cabinets easy to open?
  • Are dishes easily reached?
  • Can the senior sit while preparing meals?
  • Are counter tops at a comfortable level?
  • Are stove controls easy to see and easy to manipulate?
  • Are there kitchen rugs or mats that pose a slipping hazard?
  • Can the senior reach and easily turn on the faucet?
  • Is the water temperature low enough so that it doesn’t scald?
  • Is there enough light?

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Jim Closs

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I graduated in the early nineties during a recession and without much of a plan as to what to do next. Kinesiology was a fairly new concept to the working world (at least based on the reactions I got during the four years I was attending school by those who asked what I was studying?). Those classmates who took the degree to the next level; PT, OT, Medicine, Chiropractic Medicine or teaching ended up pretty successful…or so it seems on LinkedIn. I didn’t take it to the next level. I wanted to work. I had always worked at something. I loved those summer jobs of farming, landscaping, house painting, masonry…those physically demanding jobs that had a means to an end. You saw the results at the end of day. I guess I wanted to see that in a newfound professional career. I just really didn’t plan for it.