Hi all, I am trying to find out if something is out there in the fire safety world or not, and thought you guys can help me.
There is a rise these days in vulnerable people being moved out of long term care homes and back into the community, with assistance obviously.
I am aware that some of the money normally used to care for them in the centres, can be devolved down to them to decide how best to spend that money so as to provide the facilities required.
I haven’t got any problem with all of that, after all, who is the best to decide what they need?
I was talking to a chappy from the local authority who had recently authorised exactly this. He bought an oven for a man suffering from dementia, at the mans insistence (he felt cooking helped him relax).
Anyway, long story short, 4BA and a 2HR later.........His kitchen went up.
My query is this, is there a cooker out there adapted for this kind of scenario?
The person had started his cooking, then forgot. We all do it, but not to this extent. His smoke alarm had activated, but he was down the shops, booking a holiday.
Is there one that has a 10 minute timer for the hobs and grill? maybe an hour for the oven?
My thought is this, when the person wants to cook their dinner, they press a large button which energises the cooker for a set period and then cuts off. If the person is there, and decides they need longer, they reset the button. If they are looking at Barbados pictures, the cooker goes off.
Does such a thing exist? Is it feasible? Am I going to be a millionaire on the back of this idea?
Thanks for your time reading this longer than average post.
