Housecleaning Tips for Elderly Independent Living
- Organize your time to your best advantage throughout the week. Space out difficult tasks throughout the week.
- Clean one room at a time and do not allow yourself to be distracted by another room that also needs cleaning.
- Focus your attention towards completing one task at a time.
- Clean one room a day to spread out the job of cleaning the entire house.
- Use a long handled sponge when washing floors, bath tubs to eliminate extended periods of bending.
- If furniture must be moved, GET HELP! Get other younger people to do this!
- TAKE CARE! Casters on furniture make it easier to move, but also make your furniture less stable.
- Put objects in a basket or on a rolling cart when moving them from room to room.
- Have a duplicate-set of cleaning supplies on each side of the house to eliminate extra trips.
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