Home safety goes beyond making your home safe for yourself and your family. It also means maintaining safe conditions for the people you invite into your home including your friends, loved ones, and other social guests, and those who are on your property for business purposes, such as repairmen or customers who come to a […]
Room by Room Dangers – Staying Safe At Home
June 26, 2015 By
Keeping your home safe means inspecting each room for potential hazards and eliminating them. Here are some common household dangers, room by room. Kitchen Flammable items left on or near the stovetop. This includes dishtowels, pot holders, plastic wrap, paper bags, and pizza boxes. Grease spills on the stovetop, on the bottoms of pans, and […]
Father’s Day Warning: Study Finds Men Are Idiots
June 19, 2015 By
If you want to keep Dad safe this Father’s Day, it may be time to have a serious discussion about the “Male Idiot Theory”. We already knew that the statistics show that men are far more likely than to be hurt in accidents including motor vehicle accidents, and suffer serious sports injuries, but there have […]
Signs Your Mother and/or Father are being Abused
June 17, 2015 By
Whether your elderly parent is being cared for at home, in another loved one’s home, or in a facility such as a nursing home or assisted living facility, you need to know how to recognize the signs of abuse. Elder abuse is a terrible crime and it can be perpetrated by spouses, children, and other […]
Caregivers: Supporting Your Injured Loved One
June 10, 2015 By
After a serious accident, you want to be supportive of your injured loved one, but you may not know how. It’s an unexpected situation, and it leaves many caregivers and other family members and friends at a loss for what to do. Recovery from serious injuries, such as brain injury and other debilitating injuries, can […]
National Home Safety Month
June 7, 2015 By
June is Home Safety Month. According to the National Safety Council (NSC), there were approximately 93,200 unintentional-injury related deaths occurring in the home and community, in 2013. Report to the Nation: Protecting Children in Your Home was released in February, 2015, and found that parents are largely unaware of the biggest dangers to children in […]
Caregivers: Emergency Preparedness
June 5, 2015 By
Whether you have never really prepared for emergencies or you had a thorough and detailed plan, or maybe your injured loved one was the person who took charge of these things, as a caregiver for someone with serious injuries you need an updated plan that will accommodate your loved one’s needs. This is something that […]
Caregivers: When Someone You Love has been Seriously Injured
June 1, 2015 By
When someone you love is seriously injured in an accident, it can take a heavy toll on your mental, emotional, and physical health, too. Family members and other loved ones are often faced with suddenly becoming caregivers, and it is not an easy transition. The work involved can be so demanding that your physical health […]
Changes to New Jersey Car Seat and Child Passenger Laws
May 27, 2015 By
New Jersey’s car seat and child passenger law has been updated for the first time in more than 30 years. The changes go into effect September 1, 2015. The Breakdown Up to 2 years old or 30 pounds – Children under 2 years and under 30 pounds must be in a rear-facing seat with a […]
