Get your eyes checked frequently. Use glasses or contact lenses as needed so that adjustments can be made in your vision prescription as our vision may continue to deteriorate.
- Use adequate lighting at all times.
- This should especially include areas of greater difficulty like stairways.
- A night-light should be used in the bathroom and darkened areas.
- Use contrasting colors when designing a home or room for an older adult.
- This is helpful to make a clear delineation between the floor, the carpet and the wall.
- This assists with depth perception.
- Pastel colors appear to have a calming affect, and bright colors appear to promote agitation.
- Smaller patterns on the carpet and furniture tend to cause more visual dizziness while larger patterns appear to be more protective.