Hazel slipped in her bathroom after a shower recently. She escaped with just a bruised hip, scraped elbow and a small bump on her head.
“After I got over the shock of the fall, I was thankful that I am 26 and not 86 because people that age would have sustained worse injuries than mine. And then, I started to think about all the possible dangers around the house that may be insignificant to me but could cause major problems for my ageing parents,” she says.
It is important for people who are living with ageing parents to consider senior-friendly homes, says PI Architect principal Datuk Tan Pei Ing. “For existing homeowners, it is quite easy to make some changes to your home to accommodate seniors and people who are not mobile.”