Whether it's someone close to you or yourself, if you want to age well at home, it's important to think ahead by adapting your home.
"Technical aids can also be installed, such as handrails on staircases."
Loss of autonomy can occur at any time and at any age. Whether it's a loved one or yourself, to age well at home, it's important to anticipate by adapting your home. Find out more about our tips and tricks for making your home more secure.
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Retirement accommodation: our advice on how to easily fit out your home
To ensure the safety of your home, it's essential to assess the rooms and situations at risk. A few small changes can make all the difference. To guarantee mobility, it's important to clear the way by removing or relocating carpets, rearranging furniture, ensuring lighting in all space of the home, rearranging and relocating light switches, and moving cupboards to a higher level for easier access. The aim of all these measures is to avoid the risk of falls. Technical aids can also be installed, such as handrails on staircases, or wall-mounted grab bars in bathrooms and washrooms. You can also equip your loved one with a teleassistance system to reassure them and keep them informed in the event of the slightest fall. Retirement accommodation.
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After all these non-exhaustive tips for easily adapting a loved one's home, when the loss of autonomy becomes significant, it may well be that this is not enough to guarantee the person's safety at home. For example, if your loved one has a medical condition that prevents him or her from climbing stairs to get to his or her bedroom, or if your loved one has muscular problems that prevent him or her from stepping over the bathtub, specific work may be required to facilitate certain tasks in daily life. The installation of a stair lift, for example, would enable your loved one to sit on a chair, installed along a rail for straight or curved staircases to simplify stair climbing. Replacing the bathtub with a safety shower is also a possibility, to reduce the risk of falls in bathrooms currently equipped with a bathtub. Feeling good at home also means having a home fitted out to the taste of the tenant or owner. Companies work on product design with dedicated teams, making home furnishings more personalized in the eyes of the senior citizen. Retirement accommodation.
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All these installations are quite costly, and for many people, it's hard to come up with that kind of money! Fortunately, there are a number of grants available to help finance the work, but these are subject to certain conditions.
Retirement accommodation: how can I get help to adapt my home?
L'Anah (Agence nationale de l'habitat): depending on the level of modest or even very modest resources, it is possible to obtain an allowance that can cover between 35 and 50% of the cost of work on a stairlift.
The PCH (Prestation de Compensation du Handicap) enables people under 60 who are recognized as 80% disabled to benefit from aid to optimize home improvements.
Supplementary pension funds can also offer financial assistance in the event of loss of autonomy. Retirement accommodation.
Find out more about assistance with home improvements: https://www.pour-les-personnes-agees.gouv.fr/preserver-son-autonomie-s-informer-et-anticiper/amenager-son-logement-et-sequiper/amenager-son-logement
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