What this help covers

This help may concern observing the bedroom, the path between the door and the bed, clearing objects placed on the floor, moving small light furniture, bringing a lamp, phone, glasses, glass of water, useful item of clothing or personal object closer when the person wants to keep it within reach. It can also help identify a loose rug, a cable, a table that is too low, an unstable chair, a passage that is too narrow, an awkward furniture corner, a dark area, a wardrobe that is difficult to access or a bedside table arrangement that forces the person to bend, twist or get up unnecessarily. The aim is to make going to bed, getting up, dressing, resting and moving at night easier, without medically changing the situation, without managing medication, without installing medical equipment and without creating a false impression of safety when falls, pain, balance, disorientation or mobility require a qualified assessment.

Preferred providers

Before the intervention

• Identify the daily uses of the bedroom: entering, getting out of bed, dressing, reaching the light, using the phone, accessing glasses, reaching the toilet, bathroom or outside help.
• Obtain the person’s clear consent and define what may be looked at, moved, opened or left strictly private.
• Check whether the bedroom is used by one person, a couple, a family caregiver, a care service or home help, so that a necessary use is not blocked.
• Describe what is in the way: loose rug, cable, clothing on the floor, box, low table, unstable chair, furniture too close to the bed, fragile object, lack of light, difficult access to the wardrobe or cluttered night-time path.
• Ask whether there has been a fall, near fall, fear of falling, pain when getting up, dizziness, loss of balance, confused waking, difficulty turning over, sitting up, standing up or walking to the toilet.
• Observe access to the bed: width of the passage, side used to get up, stability of existing supports, presence of slippers, cane, walker, phone, call device, lamp or switch reachable without a risky movement.
• Check lighting and night-time markers only as points of attention, without modifying the electrical installation and without installing any fixed device without qualified support.
• Check that the intervention can be done without dangerous carrying, without moving heavy furniture, without risky drilling, without complex dismantling, without medical handling and without physical or psychological constraint.
• Keep essential objects accessible without cluttering the bedside table, bed edge or floor, and without sorting, preparing, moving or administering medication.
• Avoid any solution that blocks access for a caregiver, family caregiver or emergency service, obstructs a window opening, hides a heat source, blocks ventilation or creates a new fall risk.
• In case of medical, cognitive, structural, electrical or night-time safety risk, stop the simple request and refer it to the competent service.

What DomusHelp does not cover

• Medical, nursing, therapeutic or ergonomic assessment of sleep, pain, bed transfers, falls, balance, vision, memory or loss of autonomy.
• Prescription, adjustment or installation of a medical bed, bed rail, restraint device, patient hoist, medical mattress, oxygen, respiratory device, medical alarm or health monitoring system.
• Sorting, preparing, distributing, moving or managing medication, pill boxes, prescriptions, treatments, dressings or medical equipment.
• Heavy moving of a bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers, bookcase, trunk or massive furniture without an insured and appropriate provider.
• Electrical work, installation of sockets, switches, fixed lights, wall cables, automations, motorization or technical installations.
• Fixing wardrobes, shelves, bars, supports or wall-mounted elements when wall resistance, load or safety requires a qualified professional.
• Opening, sorting, tidying or disposing of personal objects, documents, money, jewellery, memories, clothing or intimate belongings without explicit consent.
• Installing cameras, connected sensors, microphones, motion detectors or monitoring devices in the bedroom without clear consent, an appropriate legal framework and data protection.
• Promising to prevent falls, guarantee autonomy, make the night completely safe or replace urgent intervention when the person’s condition is concerning.

Need help making a bedroom more practical in the district of Sierre?

DomusHelp can help clarify the request, identify obstacles close to the bed and refer the person to an appropriate local provider when the intervention goes beyond a simple non-medical and non-structural adjustment in the bedroom.