Anti slip tapes can be used throughout the entire home to help older people living on the premises.
Anti slip tapes can be used throughout the entire home to help older people living on the premises. It is a known fact that the older you get, the more difficult it is to do certain things and your motor skills deteriorate along with your general health as well. For some more and faster than for others. This is why making the home as safe as possible for any senior citizen is very important for their well being.
One of the most important, yet many times overlooked way to achieve this is by using anti slip tapes. Sometimes it can make the difference between being safe and having an accident due to slipping, tripping and other things.
Most non slip tapes can be found in the peel form. Being very durable they are also very slip resistant, making them perfect for ensuring safety at home. One place the anti slip tapes can be used are on every single step of any staircase available at home and outside of the home.
Staircases can be slippery due to water spillages, due to fresh waxing or simply due to the material the flooring is made of. Here are some instructions on installing such a peel non-slip tape in your home.
There are many other places that the anti slip tapes can be used. For example as doormats in front of the entrance (on both sides of the door, in and out). Also the bathroom is quite a dangerous place to be in, maybe along with the kitchen, the most dangerous place. This is due to the constant water that gets splashed one way or another on the floor.
In the kitchen due to the cooking and cleaning activities, while in the bathroom due to the showers, baths, and hands washing in the sink. I’ve seen homes where the floor in the bathroom was a constant slippery flooring. The family had kids at home and they were in and out of the bathroom all day making a mess (as usually, children do).
If you have grandma living with you and kids as well, you need to take extra precautions because there is an additional danger to the elderly to live there. Children being children are careless and senior citizens can suffer the consequences.
For example, many times staircases are full of toys left behind or clothes were thrown all over the place. These are things that the elderly can easily trip over and falling down a flight of stair is not fun.
Read also: What is a Non-Slip / Anti Slip Tape?