Lighting and proper illumination plays an important role in
the life of an elderly person. With age our power of vision decreases. Their
vision often blurs out. It becomes difficult for them to identify things from a
distance.
Poor lighting often leads to distinguished choices. It affects
the mood and behavior of a person. If a room is well lit, it impacts the choices
made.
The lighting design has to be planned well in advance incase of senior citizens. Elderly people tend to get up at night and use the
washroom frequently. It is necessary that you have lighting in the passageway
so that they can see where they are going. Now keeping all the rooms lit is not
advisable as it is disturbing while sleeping. So what is suggested is to
install a motion sensor in these areas.
With age, elder people tend to forget things. As they have
to use the washrooms frequently, they may forget to switch off the lights
there. Installing motion sensors in areas such as bathrooms, passageways, etc.
takes away the need to manually switch on/off the lights. The motion sensors
help to turn the lights on/off based on movement.
Older adults who suffer from some or the other health diseases are under medication. They are prescribed pills to be taken at proper times. Now if the area has improper lighting they would drop the pills on the floor. The medicines may be expensive and losing it would cost them a lot. Also their hands tremble, so there is a higher risk of dropping things down. These things can be taken care of by appropriate lighting.
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Older adults who suffer from some or the other health diseases are under medication. They are prescribed pills to be taken at proper times. Now if the area has improper lighting they would drop the pills on the floor. The medicines may be expensive and losing it would cost them a lot. Also their hands tremble, so there is a higher risk of dropping things down. These things can be taken care of by appropriate lighting.
This may be a hidden truth but there are people who are
afraid of the dark. Some people can’t sleep in complete darkness. With
automated lighting solutions, you can dim the lights as per your requirement. Also
people who suffer from sleep dysfunction and sleep walk, it is always safe to
keep the lights ON so that they can locate objects easily on the way.
The most important of all things here is that their mobility
is restricted. After they cross a certain age, they are unable to get up often
to turn on/off the lights. Having a caregiver 24x7 may not be affordable to
all. To this, there are remote control solutions which can be operated easily in
which there is no need for manual intervention.
One of Mumbai’s leading companies, BuildTrack provides automation
solutions for the elderly. To know more, click http://www.buildtrack.in/.
