Care recipient (cr) likes to fiddle with holiday decorations in the home

Try: Holiday decorations such as christmas trees lights or menorahs should be secured so that they do not fall or catch on fire anything flammable should be monitored at all times take extra precautions so that lights or anything breakable are fixed firmly correctly and out of the way of the cr

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Categories: Sage, Topic, Medical Physical, Mobile, Needs Some Assistance, Needs Much Assistance, Independence, Some Supervision, Maximum Supervision, Vision, So-So Vision, Poor Vision, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory

Information: As a precaution should he or she become lost keep extra photos on hand

References: home safety for people with alzheimer alzheimer’s disease by u s department of health and human services 2010 available at

Keywords: Holidays christmas thanksgiving decorations home safety christmas trees

*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed

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