Dementia Care · Module 5

Safety & Environment

Building Protection Into Every Shift

Create living environments that reduce risk, prevent harm, and support independence.

1

Home Safety Assessment

Room-by-room hazard identification through the lens of dementia risk

2

Fall Prevention

Why dementia doubles fall risk — and the transfers, footwear, and environment changes that prevent them

3

Wandering Prevention

Environmental safeguards, behavioral strategies, and elopement response

4

Medication Safety

Polypharmacy risk, your scope, side effect recognition, and error response

5

Emergency Preparedness

Pre-shift readiness, fire emergency, and your role with EMS

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