This helpful bathroom safety checklist helps you reduce fall risk and create a safer, more accessible environment for seniors, caregivers, and people with mobility limitations. It includes planning tools, fall-prevention strategies, and ADA-compliant shower and walk-in tub recommendations.
The bathroom is one of the most common places for falls and injuries, especially for older adults and people with disabilities. Many families search for bathroom safety tips for seniors, wheelchair accessible shower ideas and walk-in tub safety information because they want loved ones to stay independent at home, but safe.
This interactive checklist is designed to be a complete bathroom safety resource. You can check items off, drag and drop to build your own plan, download or email the list, and add your own ideas. It’s great for seniors, adult children caring for parents, professional caregivers, and anyone planning to age in place.
Aging Safely Baths offers wheelchair accessible barrier-free showers with 30-year warranties and walk-in bathtubs with lifetime warranties on many models. This tool helps you see how those upgrades fit into a complete bathroom safety strategy.
- Review the Top 20 Bathroom Safety Checklist items on the left.
- Click the checkbox next to items that apply to your home.
- Drag and drop items into “My Personalized Safety Plan” on the right.
- Add your own custom ideas, questions, or products at the bottom.
- Download, print, or email the checklist to yourself and [email protected].
- Use it when speaking with your doctor, occupational therapist, or a bathroom safety specialist.
Check the box and drag items into your personal plan on the right.
Fun fact: Organizations like the CDC and National Council on Aging report that around 1 in 4 adults age 65+ falls each year, and many of those falls happen in or around the bathroom.
Drag items here to build the checklist you want to print, download, or email.
Add specific products, questions for your doctor, or reminders for your installer.
When you email your checklist, it will either open your email program or (once connected) send securely through our form system and include [email protected] so our team can help you review options.
Falls are a leading cause of injury for older adults. Many happen in bathrooms because floors are wet, spaces are small, and surfaces are hard. Research shows that bathrooms are one of the highest-risk rooms in the home for serious injury when a fall occurs.
Planning ahead with a bathroom safety checklist gives you more control. Instead of reacting after a fall, you can reduce risks now. This tool helps you think about grab bars, non-slip flooring, lighting, walk-in tubs, and wheelchair accessible barrier-free showers as part of one simple plan.
Whether you are a senior living alone, a spouse, an adult child caring for a parent, or a professional caregiver, a structured checklist like this can make conversations easier and decisions clearer.
Many people search for phrases like safer tub options for seniors, walk-in tubs for elderly with lifetime warranty, or ADA roll-in showers for wheelchair users. These products are more than comfort upgrades. They’re important fall-prevention tools.
Walk-in tubs offer low step-in entry, a built-in seat, and often soothing features like hydrotherapy. Wheelchair accessible barrier-free showers offer a level, roll-in entrance with room for assistive devices or caregiver support. Both can be critical for aging in place.
At Aging Safely Baths, many walk-in tubs include lifetime warranties, and many low-threshold and roll-in showers include 30-year warranties. That long-term protection matters, because safety features need to remain reliable for many years.
If you’re caring for a parent or loved one, it can be hard to know where to start. Use this tool as a conversation starter. Walk through the bathroom together and look for hazards. Ask:
- Is it easy to get in and out of the tub or shower without help?
- Is there something stable to hold on to, and is it in the right spot?
- Is the floor slippery when wet?
- Is there enough light at night?
- Could a walker, wheelchair, or caregiver fit in the space if needed?
Sometimes small changes, like adding a grab bar or non-slip strips, make a big difference. In other cases, a full upgrade to a walk-in tub or roll-in shower is the safest long-term choice.
These third-party, non-competitive resources can give you more background on fall risk and home safety:
- Falls & Injury Data CDC – Facts About Falls
- Home Modifications National Institute on Aging – Preventing Falls at Home, Room by Room
- Aging in Place AARP – Home Checklist for Aging in Place
- Home Safety & Tools AARP – Home Safety Tips & Tools
- Fall Facts National Council on Aging – Facts on Falls Prevention
These sites share statistics, room-by-room safety suggestions, and aging-in-place ideas that you can combine with the checklist above.
Tap the + icons to expand each answer.
If you would like help going through your checklist or choosing between different walk-in tubs and roll-in showers, our team is happy to help.
Call 1-888-779-2284 or email [email protected] with your questions. You can even attach the checklist you downloaded or email from this page so we can review it together.
