The Safe Living Guide A guide to home safety for seniors Download this document in PDF format (42 pages, 1,115 KB)

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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!
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Division of Aging and Seniors
Public Health Agency of Canada
Address Locator: 1908A1
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0K9
Tel.: 613-952-7606
Fax: 613-957-9938
TDD/TYY: 1-800-267-1245
E-mail: seniors@phac-aspc.gc.ca
Web site: www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/seniors-aines

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.

3rd 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 Canada, 2005.

Cat. No. HP25-7/2008E
ISBN 978-0-662-48071-6

Également disponible en français sous le titre :
Chez soi en toute sécurité—Guide de sécurité des aînés

Winner in the 2006 Mature Media Awards Program

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