Utilize These Common Gadgets to Keep Seniors Safe in the Kitchen

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 Despite all the things you and your loved one do to keep safe at home, accidents can still happen, especially in the kitchen. Cuts from knives, leaving a stove unattended and accidentally starting a fire, or burns from boiling liquids are a few things to be cautious of in this space. 

The most at-risk for these kinds of incidents are seniors who live alone. Issues such as memory loss, decreased coordination, or vision changes can impact doing things such as cooking, leading to accidents. Visiting Angels of Conway, Arkansas, and surrounding areas can provide you and your loved one with senior care services to help prevent these kinds of injuries. 

Safety tools seniors can use while in the kitchen

Tools to avoid cuts

Regularly cutting meat and vegetables in the kitchen is easy to cut yourself with a knife if it is not used correctly. Take additional precautions by using cut-resistant gloves or finger protectors to prevent hurting yourself or your loved one. Using a safety cutting board provides additional support. Rubber surfaces on the boards prevent knives from sliding, while the rounded guides keep knives on track while cutting. 

Can openers and vegetable choppers

Don’t want to use a knife? Instead, use a knife-free vegetable chopper. After peeling the vegetables, place them inside the chopper and press down on the top for easy and risk-free cutting. Gripping and opening jars and cans can be difficult for seniors as they age. Please take advantage of our senior care services by having one of our trained professionals help you open the jars and cans. If a professional is unavailable, use an electric can or jar opener to prevent grip and twist hard on the jar, which can be difficult for the elderly. 

Items to avoid burns 

There is no need to pick up a scolding hot kettle and risk burning yourself if you use an electric kettle. These items avoid hot surfaces to heat water and don’t have to be picked up. Instead, they use a stand to tip the kettle directly into a mug. Also, a unique strainer that clips onto a pan can be used to quickly and safely pour the hot water out into a sink. Use an oven rack guard made from heat-resistant material to prevent accidentally burning yourself when touching a pan, for example. Clip it onto the end of a hot oven rack, so your hand or arm does not come into contact with the pan.   

Time-sensitive devices

Older adults who experience fits of forgetfulness may find a kitchen timer to be helpful when cooking or baking. Have one of our senior care services professionals help you set these items to alert you when water is done boiling, for example. Another item is a stove or oven that automatically shuts off when not being used. This gadget can prevent food from being overcooked or from starting a fire. 

Schedule your no-obligation assessment 

Your senior may require additional assistance in their home. Visiting Angels of Conway, Arkansas can help serve as a helper and watcher in spaces such as the kitchen. Our caregivers can adjust their focus to whatever the needs are for you and your loved one. In addition, your local home care agency can conduct a free safety assessment of your home. 

Learn more about our in-home care by contacting one of our compassionate care assistants by calling 501-381-1630