Using the attached Home Safety Assessment Checklist $($you do not need to submit this when completed$).$ If possible, conduct a home safety assessment on an older adult relative or friend. If not possible, conduct a home safety assessment in your own home with the purpose of assessing it for older adult safety. Following your assessment, answer the following questions.

$1.$ Whose home was assessed and student$$s relationship to person whose home was assessed?

Daughter$$s Grandma

$2.$ Describe the home $$ how many rooms and what are they, how many levels, access into the home $($steps$,$ elevator, etc.$),$ difficulty accessing any of the rooms, etc.

$5$ rooms,$2$levels, clutter to get by$.$

$3.$ Address each room in the home and indicate what is a potential health hazard.

Living room clutter; can lead to fall.

Bedroom poor lighting: insufficient lighting can increase risk of fall

Kitchen: slippery surfaces can lead to slip and fall

Living room; improperly maintained or correctly used appliances can cause electrical shock and fire

Living room without proper railing fall risk

$4.$ For each potential hazard, indicate possible resolutions or solutions for the hazards.

Organizing or cleaning the clutter

Fixing the lighting system to where she can see better

Keep the kitchen dry

Correcting the electric system

Fix the railing