Safety Assessment of Function and the Environment for Rehabilitation (SAFER)

To evaluate home safety for elders

Authors: Oliver R., Blathwayt J., Brackley C, Tamaki T.  Age-Range: 65 years - 100 years
Evaluates risks in various rooms of the home as well as general risks such as fire hazards; examines safety issues in how the individual performs various self-care and household tasks; examines the potential for wandering and the use of memory aids; and identifies how help could be summoned
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Oliver R. Blathwayt J. Brackley C. Tamaki T.
(1993). Development of the Safety Assessment of Function and the Environment for Rehabilitation (SAFER) tool. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 60 (2). 78-82.

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