Dementia home-safety checklist
Check exits, wandering risks, kitchen and bathroom safety and orientation cues for a home supporting someone with dementia.
Using this planning tool
Fill this in together with the person receiving care where possible, and describe what you can observe: how much help standing from a chair takes, what a mealtime actually looks like. Observable descriptions transfer to a caregiver; labels like “high needs” do not.
Treat this resource as a working record for the household. Update it whenever routines, written instructions, contacts or responsibilities change.
Keep the completed record where authorised family members and caregivers can find the current version. Date every update, remove obsolete instructions and avoid storing identity documents or unrelated medical information with a routine planning sheet.
Use the completed resource during a WhatsApp enquiry conversation. It will not replace an assessment, but it can reduce omissions and help the family explain location, hours, daily-living support and any task that needs a qualified healthcare professional.
Before you fill it in
- The exact situation the tool is meant to capture
- Any current professional instruction to reflect
- Who will read or receive the completed record
- How often the record needs updating
- What to keep private and share only when needed
Dementia home-safety checklist
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Questions this tool helps answer
- What decision or handover is this record for?
- How will it be kept current as needs change?
- Who needs to see it, and what should stay private?
- Does anything here belong in a secure record instead?
- Which entries should prompt a call to a professional?
Continue planning
Discuss your care request
Share the location and broad daily-support need. Add detailed or sensitive information only after the first questions and recipient are clear.
Discuss your care request