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The best time to prepare your home for hip replacement recovery is before surgery, not after. Most of the equipment on this list is inexpensive relative to the difference it makes, and setting it up in advance means you (or the person you’re caring for) come home to a space that’s already safe, rather than improvising in the first painful days. Hip replacement recovery comes with specific movement restrictions — most surgeons ask patients to avoid bending the hip past 90 degree …

More than one in four adults over 65 falls each year, and the bathroom is the single most dangerous room in the house for it to happen — wet tile, hard porcelain edges, and awkward transfers in and out of the tub make it a perfect storm. The good news: most bathroom falls are preventable with the right equipment, installed in the right places, before an accident happens rather than after one. This is a practical checklist, not a sales pitch — but every product on it is something we c …