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Now, let’s look at the health Photos Courtesy of J & J Flooring Group The experts at LGM
care application and specifi-
cally an assisted living facility specialize in consultation, cor-
but not a nursing home. Here rection and resolution for floor-
the carpet used should be ing complaints, claims, installa-
patterned to hide soil, spillage
and abrasion from shuffling tion and performance issues.
feet or walkers. However, the
pattern would have to be No issue is too big, too small or
such that it did not impose on too far away for us to handle.
the equilibrium of the occu-
pants and cause them to fall All ads are interactive. Just click
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should be considered without
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walking on it. The carpet must
not create a tripping and fall- under Lew Migliore and
ing risk. Also, elderly people let’s connect!!
use canes or walkers for a
reason, to assist them in
moving around and, with or
without them, they should not
be subjected to a surface that
will jeopardize that move-
ment.

Many older folks will also have trouble with their sight and will not be
able to see clearly where they’re going. They don’t need any help los-
ing their step or balance on the floor covering surface by something
that could make them tipsy.

Another consideration is the style and appearance of the carpet. Cer-
tainly it must be functional for the reasons just mentioned but it also
has to look good. The occupants at assisted care living facilities are
paying customers, often at high rates, and there has to be something
obvious which indicates that they’re getting what they are paying for.
There’s no better way for that to be exhibited than in the floor covering
which, at first site, makes a positive statement.

The maintenance of the product must also be easy. This type of facility
could expose the carpet to a great deal of abrasive traffic and soiling
conditions. The styling must be such that it hides soil. The colors and
the yarn system must be easy to maintain and clean. There has to be
consideration and questioning as to the maintenance practices and
systems being used, not only to protect the integrity of the product but

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