{"id":1406,"date":"2014-08-12T01:29:40","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T01:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orangesand.com\/?p=1406"},"modified":"2014-08-12T01:29:40","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T01:29:40","slug":"makinghomesaferforseniors-com-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/12\/makinghomesaferforseniors-com-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"MakingHomeSaferforSeniors.com  &#8211;  PART 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BEDROOM &#8211; (1)\u00a0 do throw rugs create a tripping hazard?\u00a0 Or torn carpet?\u00a0 (2)\u00a0 too much furniture and clutter such as clothing, magazines, newspaper,\u00a0 etc?\u00a0 (3)\u00a0 does the senior lack access to a phone or ce<\/p>\n<p>ll phone, especially at night?\u00a0 (4)\u00a0 Is there enough light?\u00a0 (5)\u00a0 is the bed too high or low?\u00a0 (6) do tangled electric cords obstruct pathways?\u00a0 (6) does the furniture provide proper support, if needed?\u00a0 BATHROOM &amp; SHOWER &#8211; (1)\u00a0 are there grab bars near tub, shower, &amp; toilet?\u00a0 (2)\u00a0 Is the floor slippery?\u00a0 Lack of bath mats?\u00a0 (3)\u00a0 Is the bathtub too high? And the toilet the right height?\u00a0 (4)\u00a0 Is there the potential for bath water to be too hot?\u00a0 (5)\u00a0 Are medications stored properly &#8211; not too high or too low for senior to reach?\u00a0 (6)\u00a0 Are mobility and joint problems making it difficult for the senior to reach into overhead cabinets, come his hair or lift her leg to get into the tub.\u00a0 TO BE CONTINUED<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEDROOM &#8211; (1)\u00a0 do throw rugs create a tripping hazard?\u00a0 Or torn carpet?\u00a0 (2)\u00a0 too much furniture and clutter such as clothing, magazines, newspaper,\u00a0 etc?\u00a0 (3)\u00a0 does the senior lack access to a phone or ce ll phone, especially at night?\u00a0 (4)\u00a0 Is there enough light?\u00a0 (5)\u00a0 is the bed too high or low?\u00a0 (6) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1406"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1408,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406\/revisions\/1408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}