The Conservatory at Alden Bridge is close to many fantastic cultural venues in The Woodlands, Texas. It is the perfect spot to offer a loved one a sense of safety and security in their senior years.
One of the ways that we do this is by factoring fall risk reduction into many of our decisions when it comes to the design of our community. In doing this, elderly fall prevention becomes a core tenet of our focus on senior safety in The Woodlands, TX, and we push back on the statistic from the CDC that one in four older people falls each year.
Read on to discover what we mean by that, and how you can ensure independent living wellness with safe senior communities, starting with your own. Then, learn what we offer at the Conservatory at Alden Bridge and understand how our backdrop and apartments offer fantastic care.
We work hard to provide multiple layers of safe living in our senior community. Everything from safer flooring and lighting options aims to create a community that is both comfortable and easy to move around in, with a focus on ensuring independence throughout someone's senior years.
Some of these things are not complicated, and many people can replicate them at home. For example, mobility support for aging adults can be as simple as introducing:
We consider our efforts to be a point of pride, and we continue to educate ourselves on how to do better in this regard with each year.
We make sure that those in care receive the focus they deserve, and the reminders that our community members might expect. For example, if a resident is in our communal areas, staff members might make a note of whether people are remembering to hydrate, drawing people's attention to the fact that they might be dehydrated if they notice the signs.
We also encourage people to remember to clean up their apartments if we notice a mess, aiming to prevent trips and allowing for all essentials to be within easy reach to avoid hurrying.
At the same time, we consider exercise to be a key part of maintaining one's physical wellness. Not only are such movements good for the body, but they can also promote better balance. For example, the National Council on Aging even reports that almost all of their participants in Tai Chi classes report improved ability to maintain their balance.
We try to prioritize high-impact upgrades to our apartments and community spaces that ensure people can look after themselves, increasing their independence. For example:
Grab bars in shower entryways and beside the toilets allow people to pull themselves up and reduce the risk of falling when using the bathroom. Similarly, non-slip strips on shower floors can be perfect to help maintain a floor grip when entering and leaving these spaces.
We also work with those constructing our spaces to confirm that wall anchors for bars can hold human body weight, even if people were to have a minor slip and need to grab one suddenly.
In the bedrooms and other spaces, we take care to ensure that rugs are secure, to prevent tripping. They are placed underneath heavier items, such as tables and chairs, as seen in our photos, allowing them to act as thresholds between areas and remain weighed down even when nobody is on them.
Try to aim for a weekly plan of exercising that ensures that you or a loved one maintains both their strength and their balance, especially in their legs. Options include:
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force even agrees, recommending such activity in adults aged 65 or older who might be at risk of falls. These exercises should help keep this demographic safer through regular practice and maintenance of key muscle groups.
At the Conservatory at Alden Bridge, we focus on offering clean and wide corridors and even flooring throughout our community. We even design our community with natural and artificial lighting in mind, both of which are pre-planned, to provide the best level of illumination for safety.
Our verdant gardens contain wide outdoor walking paths that residents can use, carefully planned to offer a calming experience for residents to enjoy during a walk. None of these paths has an incline steep enough to cause difficulties, and grab points exist throughout our community, including on benches, so that residents can find a seat when necessary.
Each of our amenities exists with the comfort and safety of our senior residents firmly in mind. Whether people want to go on group outings, take part in a hiking club, or enjoy their time indoors with others, we do everything we can to make it that much easier.
Our heated swimming pool and senior-equipped fitness studio also each have their own additions to help with the lives of our residents. Whether that be extra hand grips or inclines to help with entering the water, each exists to make life in the Conservatory at Alden Bridge more enjoyable without increasing the risk.
The thoughtful decisions we have made can make a massive difference in the lives of every resident.
By combining well-designed home upgrades with regular exercise and confidence building, we can ensure that elderly fall prevention is a key element of everyday life here in the Conservatory at Alden Bridge. At the same time, other risks are also prevented, while independence continues to be a strength of our community.
If you are ready to explore what we offer, connect with us today. We can show you around our community, and you can learn what it means to take your next, safest step, today.