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2. Falls in older adults - Wikipedia

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   Eyesight deteriorates with age, and extra lighting will be needed where seniors move frequently. The luminance provided by the bulbs used should be higher than normally accepted. Stairs with inadequate handrails, or too steep, encouraging trips and falls. The steps should be spaced widely with low risers, and surfaces should be slip-resistant.

3. Stair lift - Wikipedia

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   There is a second-user market for some types of stair lift. This is most common with straight rail domestic types. The rails can be cut to length if too long, or extended with a "joining kit". During the early days of curved rail stair lifts there was no second user market because of the difficulty of matching rails to a different layout.

4. 15 Senior-Safe Holiday Decorating for a Joyful, Risk-Free ...

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   Senior-Safe Holiday Decorating: A Complete Guide to Keep the Joy, Skip the Risks ... Sturdy step stools with handrails (no more chairs or ladders!) Power strips with remote controls or foot switches.

5. Mobile safety steps - Wikipedia

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   Mobile safety steps, sometimes called warehouse steps, are mobile structures with steps up to a platform. The steps use wheels or casters , making them easy to move. They have the advantage over standard ladders in that the operative can have one hand free when moving up and down the steps and both hands free if there is a top-level platform.

6. Your Body Ages Rapidly In Your 40s And 60s. Doctors Say ... - AOL

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   Balance work could take the form of walking in a straight line by placing one foot in front of the other; closing your eyes and standing on one foot; or walking down stairs without holding onto ...

7. Stairs - Wikipedia

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   The tread depth of a step is measured from the edge of the nosing to the vertical riser; if the steps have no nosing, it is the same as the going; otherwise it is the going plus the extent of one nosing. The going of a step is measured from the edge of the nosing to the edge of nosing in plan view. A person using the stairs would move this ...