Archive for the ‘Home Safety’ Category

Seniors with Alzheimer’s: Safeguarding Your Home

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Living with a loved one who has Alzheimer's can be a difficult time in your life. Now that this family member requires more care it’s important that you keep a watchful eye on them and ensure that they don’t get hurt while in their home or your home. So in ...

Playground Safety Tips

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

Did you know that next week is National Playground Safety Week from April 26-30? In honor of this safety awareness week, it’s important to assess your background playground to ensure that it’s up to par for your child or children. Even though you have a playground in your backyard where you ...

What to Do During a Food Recall

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Remember those packaged peanut butter crackers that started the salmonella scare in 2009? That simple food contamination ended up affecting other products containing peanut butter. Even pet foods were added to the list. When certain foods have been recalled, it’s best to eliminate the contaminated food from your diet. One national ...

Preparing Your Pets for Summer Events with Safety in Mind

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

As the weather starts to warm up, you will probably have more people over to hang out and enjoy in summer holidays such as Easter and the Fourth of July. However, if you have pets, it’s important that you keep them calm and ensure that they don’t lash out at ...

Properly Dispose of Dangers in the Medicine Cabinet

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Now that it’s the new year, it’s time to face difficult tasks that you were meaning to accomplish in the previous year. Over the years, many different products can accumulate in your medicine chest. Maybe you are afraid to throw them away thinking that you might eventually need them. Or ...

Go Green & Safe with an Environmental Consultant

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Building an addition, designing a complete renovation or simplifying your home are challenging projects to do by yourself. Building or creating a more efficient and safer house requires specialized knowledge as well as some creativity. Although you probably have some ideas in mind, someone more knowledgeable in the field might ...

Home Safety Tip: Monitor the Water You Drink

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Contamination of groundwater and surface water is a serious issue, especially if this water is being used as drinking water. Although the water might be colorless, odorless and clear doesn’t mean that the water is clean, so the only way to know if it’s clean is to get it tested. Pure ...

How Safe Is Your Bathroom?

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Bathrooms can be dangerous places, which explains why so many home-related accidents occur in the bathroom. Maybe you’re familiar with child proofing, but perhaps your bathroom could benefit from some adult proofing. So where do you begin? Install a safety grab bar in your bathtub or shower. This can be a ...

Fall Prevention for You and Your Pets

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

You suit your dog up to head outside to take an afternoon walk. As you unlock the door, your pooch jumps up and down and even rolls on the ground. You open the door and your dog takes off and you land head first into the cement driveway, because the ...

Collect Your Household Hazardous Waste

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Hazardous waste is usually any product that has a label with the words Poison, Danger, Warning or Caution. Often times these types of wastes are stored away in our garages or basements where they just take up room. However, it’s important to properly deal with household hazardous waste, because a ...