INFO: Weill Cornell New Dementia Home Safety Website

Interesting new resource for caregivers…

 

 

Deborah DiGilio| Director, Office on Aging Public Interest Directorate American Psychological Association 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242 Tel: (202) 336-6135 |  Fax: (202) 336-6040 email: ddigilio@apa.org | www.apa.org/pi/aging
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New

Weill Cornell Medical College

Home Safety for Dementia Care

www.ThisCaringHome.Org

 

This award-winning website was created to provide information on best practices and home safety for dementia care.

 

It also provides social networking so caregivers can share information, ask questions, and find support from the online community. This new resource will help caregivers learn new strategies that enhance the safety and well-being of their loved ones.  The website also provides information to help the person they care for live a healthier, more meaningful life.

 

A unique and beneficial part of this website is its Home Safety-Virtual Care Section that allows visitors to explore research-based solutions to home safety and daily care issues by a simple mouse click over a room.  http://www.thiscaringhome.org/

 

Prepared by experts over four years at Weill Cornell Medical College, this multimedia website features videos, animations, and photographs, as well as expert reviews of home furnishings, smart technologies, and homecare products.

 

This website was funded by grants from several foundations including the Alzheimer's Association, Helen Bader Foundation, NEC Foundation, Retirement Research Foundation, and the Wallerstein Foundation for Geriatric Life Improvement.

 

For more information, contact Rosemary Bakker, Director, ThisCaringHome.org, rob2013@med.cornell.edu