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    Make Your Bathroom Safer as You Age

    These small upgrades will help keep you from slipping and make you more comfortable, too

    Your bathroom is one of the most important—and frequently used—rooms in your home.

    But due to its hard and often wet surfaces, it’s also one of the places where you’re most likely to be injured, notably in a fall.

    More on safety at home

    Here are some simple tweaks that can make a big, positive difference. They’re from Allysin E. Bridges-German, OTD, a clinical assistant professor of occupational therapy and occupational science at Towson University in Maryland, and from John Banta, who leads CR’s testing of toilets.

    Hover your cursor over the black dots or click on them (or tap on a mobile device) in the illustration below to reveal our tips.

    Click on dots to learn more.

    Illustration: Chris Philpot

    Editor’s Note: This article also appeared in the February 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.