Elderly Risk Reduction

• Lock the door.
• Put on the chain or deadbolt lock.
• Close the curtains.
• Leave an outside light on at night.
• Leave an inside light on when you are coming home after dark.
• Use a peephole or window to see who is at the door before you open it.
• Never open the door to a stranger.
• Tell salespersons or repairmen to come back later (if you are home alone.)
• Do not ever say you are home alone.
• Hang up on obscene or annoying phone callers.

• If it is a person you don't know or don't know well.
• If the person says he/she has an appointment at your house, and you are alone.
• If the person says he/she has an emergency and needs to use the phone.