As we age, there are two areas that we know can become difficult. Hearing and seeing. Make sure that you add lights where you may need them. Some examples could be inside halls, outside all exterior doors, stairways and in the kitchen. Put night lights up where you may walk regularly at night. You may want to add additional smoke and CO2 detectors. Having just one on each floor may not give you enough audio noise to realize the alarm is active. Perhaps ones with strobe lights and night lights built in that will aid in both notification by visual means as well as assisting in lighting ht way.
Stairs should all have railing, on both sides if possible and should be well lit. Bathrooms should have locks that can be unlocked from the outside.
Check with your local Police Department and let them know if you or someone is living alone. You can ask them to check in on you/them occasionally.
Look into getting a MedAlert type device so that you can get help if you fall or get injured and cant get to your phone.
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