Anyone have experience using flood alarms, bathroom, kitchen etc?

I don't know about flood alarms, but at one point I had to turn the water off in the bathroom because DH would go in there and turn on the faucet and leave it running. He would also flush anything he had down the toilet. This did make an extra step when I went in but at least it prevented flooding.

I do not either. Wish I had. My kitchen floor got scrubbed and mopped many more times then needed when the wife would turn on the water and then push the faucet so it flowed on the counter. I could not hear it until way to late.

Hope you find some information. Try and google it and see what happens. Also the Alzheimer's Store might have something in that order.

Phyllis and Roger

It might be more cost effective to look at the faucets that are motion-sensitive. I have not comparison shopped but it can't hurt to look.

I used an alarm in my basement for years. Home Depot sells them

Basement Watchdog Battery Operated Water Alarm

Model # BWD-HWA Internet/Catalog # 100038838

$10.72/EA-Each



It will detect as little as 1/32" of water which is a spill. It screeches like a banshee.

Gosh Roger, what a tribulation. I can just picture you with a snorkel, goggles and water wings!

Johanna C.

I had posted about this a while ago. I got my mom a Sloan motion detector faucet for her bathroom sink. There is nothing out there for the bathtub except the water alarm or shutting off at the valve (or using one of those things that goes in the spout that's in the Alz Store).

I have debated getting the water alarm because mom has taken baths in the middle of the night and I don't want her doing that anymore. I was going to sit one in the bathtub.

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Originally posted by Memaw2287:
It might be more cost effective to look at the faucets that are motion-sensitive. I have not comparison shopped but it can't hurt to look.

Thanks, that is a terrific suggestion.
just tried: http://www.bing.com/search?q=%...ng+faucets&FORM=RCRE

lots of look at.

Just priced out new vanity for upstairs bathroom an hour ago, will look to see what added costs would be for automatic faucet.

If you get the Sloan, get the one with a nice water flow. The plumber got mom's and I like one at work a bit better. Mom's kind of sprinkles out. I have to look at the literature to see if I can adjust it.

You know, we've been going through this for several months - if not years. Alz-proofing, at least in my opinion, is very similar to child-proofing a home, with a few dangers to be aware of...

Our first "episode" was actually done twice (I guess WE didn't learn the first time! ), and it involved starting a small fire in the oven. We stored pizza boxes overnight in the oven, to be reheated and finished the following day. At some point overnight, Mom had decided to turn the oven on, forgetting to remove the pizza boxes, and.. poof! So, we got in the habit of just turning off the breakers to the entire kitchen unless we were cooking something. After we started doing this, we still noticed a few occasions where buttons for the burners had been pressed over night.

As for her room, it's a "master bedroom" with its own bathroom. We, too, had issues of not turning off the water in her sink, and the everything within reach getting flushed, so we simply disconnected the chain inside the toilet, and removed the knobs from the sink. That way, if anyone else needs to use them, it's just an inconvenience or an extra step between dinner and the septic tank.

Yes, we've "scoured" her room, as she used to be up at all hours digging through closets, dresser drawers, etc. She is pretty sedentary now, so we're not worried about too much anymore, but I can certainly tell you that my room has become quite a store room for various items that we didn't want destroyed/swallowed, or that could cause any injuries (sewing needles, pins/broaches, etc.).

No real big answer, aside from using common sense and think as if you had an infant that can actually reach high places, has a bit of strength to pry open things, and gets into things for absolutely no reason!

Best of luck!

Chris