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    How to Improve Your Lighting at Home

    These tips can boost comfort and safety, especially if your vision isn't as great as it once was

    As we age, our pupils become less responsive to light.

    That means we may need more illumination in some spots—and fixtures and bulbs that cast less glare in others—to reduce fall risks and make tasks like food prep easier.

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    Here are simple changes to improve lighting throughout your house. They’re from Dan Wroclawski, a CR journalist who covers smart home devices, and Jennifer Brons, a lighting designer and research program director at the Light and Health Research Center at the Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine in New York City.

    To reveal each tip, click or hover your cursor over the dots (or tap on a mobile device) on the illustration below.

    Click on dots to learn more.

    Illustration: Chris Philpot

    See our review of the best smart lightbulbs for more information and find out why Lutron Caséta smart switches might be a good addition to your home.

    Editor’s Note: This article also appeared in the April 2024 issue of Consumer Reports On Health.


    Catherine Roberts

    Catherine Roberts is a health and science journalist at Consumer Reports. She has been at CR since 2016, covering infectious diseases, bugs and bug sprays, consumer medical devices like hearing aids and blood pressure monitors, health privacy, and more. As a civilian, her passions include bike rides, horror films and fiction, and research rabbit holes. Follow her on X: @catharob.