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]]>“What are some of the safety properties of the flooring should we be looking at, if we have elderly at home then?” you may ask. Read on for the answer!
Water spillage or water pouring from the rain into the house, is something inevitable. This is especially true for the kitchen, service yard and toilet area. According to Health Promotion Board, a lot of injuries happened to elderly due to fall each year. Therefore, it is extremely important to have a flooring that is highly slip resistant. Also, look for a flooring that is impact resistant, so that in event that may not fully prevent falls, it may also help to cushion falls, lessening impact.
Very often, the younger ones are either out at work or in school. The cleaning is, sometimes, done and maintained by the elderly. Having an easy to maintain flooring will help them have an easier job. They need not need to scrub the floor hard, but just using their comfortable way of having a broom and a mop, they will feel the floor clean. Having an easy to maintain flooring may also help them to gain their confidence as they know these are simple chores they can help out at home, if they want to do, of course.
When we are buying shoes, we look for shoes that we are comfortable to walk in. The same goes for flooring. We need to be comfortable with the flooring that we are walking on as we are spending a lot of the time walking at home when we are home. What more about the elderly who could be at home more often than you do? Some flooring, such as concrete tiles, may not be good for health if we were to stand on them for long. People with morning sinus will not like to step on ceramic tiles or marbles in the morning too. Hence, look for a flooring that will not be cold during cold weather or hot in the hot afternoon.
Fresh clean air helps to improve our life quality. As much as we like to have clean air, we also need to understand that dust is everywhere. We can clean them, but some flooring, such as carpets, tend to trap dust easier than others. Dust and dust mites will cause problems to elderly, especially those with respiratory problems. Hence, it is vital to look for a flooring that is tested and proven for better indoor air quality standard.
Flooring may seem to be the easiest to go for in a house, but when safety for the elderly becomes a concern, you will realise there are many considerations you need to have. There is no perfect flooring for a safe house. Do consider what your priority are. Research well before committing and don’t forget to involve the elderly when choosing flooring as their comfort should also be taken into consideration!
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]]>Dark Wood Coloured Flooring – it enhances a cosy design feel to your home living space. When mixed with light furnishing or walls, it will create a simple classic and modern design to your home.
Light Wood Designed Flooring – it gives your interior space a classic wood look. Light wood design blends very well with dark (or contrasting) coloured furnishing to make your home look neat and modern.
White Flooring – White coloured flooring contributes to a minimalist and spacious living interior. The more space you allocate to your flooring, the more spacious and ‘bigger’ it will look.
Black Flooring – Not very popular colour because black flooring is pretty restrictive when it comes to the overall interior design of the home. Unless you are a risk taker, we do not recommend you to choose black coloured flooring.
Grey Flooring – The best type of flooring colour in terms of matching designs with the furnishing and walls in definitely grey colour. It works best for both dark and light coloured furnishing, giving the home a unique and trendy feel.
As much as we want to decorate the home to the right design feel we wanted with our flooring, we do have to know that lighting plays a big part on changing the mood of the home as well as the design of the flooring.
Natural Lighting – Allow natural lighting into your home. Natural light, when it reflects on your flooring, will exude a natural spacious look to your entire home.
Yellow Lighting – These are also known as cosy lights. Its dim way of exposure on your flooring, adds a cosy and romantic feel to your entire living space. Best to install for your master bedroom.
LED Lights – One of the most cost saving lights today. LED lights can have a varied range of colour. Different colours exudes different design effects on your flooring. However, too many kinds of lighting colours may make your overall design look confusing and non-complement with your flooring. Therefore, it is important to stay with not more than 3 lighting colours.
White Lights – This is the most common and brightest lighting among the rest. White lights puts more emphasis on your flooring, walls and furnishing. Therefore, it fits well with any flooring colouring.
A Simple combination
From the article above, you will see that flooring and lighting are two inseparable components that blends and complements well with one another. Hence, choose your flooring and lighting wisely!
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]]>#1. Safe flooring
Slipping and falling are two major causes of injury among the elderly. According to a Bloomberg report, in the United States, one in three adults over 65 years falls each year, with one quarter of those sustaining moderate to severe injuries.
Although these statistics are for America, the same can be said for Singapore’s elderly. As an individual advances in age, the chances of slipping and falling increases. Thus it is important that flooring is safe. Consider replacing marble or ceramic floors with a safe, non-slip option like eco-resilient and or padded vinyl, especially in the bathrooms and kitchen.
Fumbling with simple everyday tasks like opening the door and making the bed can distract and unbalance a frail elderly person. In addition to making floors safe for the elderly living with you have a chair or bench nearby for sitting and or putting things down.
The Floor Gallery’s Tip: Do not place rugs in the bathing area of the bathroom or near the sink; rugs tend to curl up when they are soaked with water and may cause fatal trips and falls.
#2. Safe stairs
For older people living on more than one level, stairs can be dangerous.
If you are staying in a bungalow, penthouse and or an executive mansionette with elderly parents and or grandparents, having sturdy, non-slip stairs are important. Check that each step on every flight of stairs is solid and that there are no loose nails and or boards – these can potentially cause hurt or worse, fatal falls to your elderly family member. Fix any loose nails and boards without hesitation. Handrails are a must on both sides of the staircase.
The Floor Gallery’s Tip: Install handrails if you have yet to do so. For those who can afford the cost of maintaining an elevator, install one. Use flooring with high level of slip resistance.
#3. A well-lighted place
Ageing takes a toll on a person’s sense of sight. Always keep your place well-lighted so mom or dad, grandpa or grandma can navigate their way through the house without having to squint much and or bump into things. Light designed flooring is always recommended to keep the room bright and spacious with or without artificial lighting.
The Floor Gallery’s Tip: When night falls, leave the walkway light leading to the washroom and or kitchen on. This will help your elderly family members better navigate around the house without bumping over things that might be standing in their way.
These are some flooring ideas to make your living space elderly-friendly, there is no need to remodel and or re-design your home.
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]]>Here are some common characteristic of a click resilient flooring.
1) Waterproof
The flooring is usually 100 percent waterproof that make it suitable for wet areas such as the kitchen, basement and laundry area.
2) Termite Proof
As the flooring is inedible to termites, such termite proof flooring is therefore recommended to be installed in houses near forested areas.
3) High Slip Resistant
The flooring is highly slip resistant naturally; this enhances safety for the users when it is both installed in residential and commercial area.
4) Can be re-used over and over again.
The flooring for residential uses usually has a good lifetime warranty period and for commercial areas will be between 10 to 20 years. Home owners can bring the existing click resilient flooring to their new homes when moving houses. Thus, making this flooring easily re-usable.
5) Solid Feel on the Ground
When you drop a heavy load or walk over the click resilient flooring, there’ll be a solid feel and no hollow sound. This therefore gives a silent impact on the subfloor.
6) Wear Layer and Thickness
Good quality click resilient flooring usually has a 5mm thickness and a 0.5mm wear layer. The wear layer is usually covered with a coating for scratch resistant purposes. Consumers may need to know click resilient flooring is only scratch resistant but not scratchproof.
7) High impact resistance
To enhance safety at home or at the commercial premises, such click resilient flooring also has high impact resistance so as to cushion the effects from falling to minimise injury and enhances safety. Therefore, such type of flooring is highly suitable for homes with the elderly.
In summary, by understanding the different names of click resilient flooring, consumers will therefore be able to get the right type of click resilient flooring product for their premises at the best quality with a good and reasonable pricing.
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