Home treatment

• Devices to detect seizures at home
  - At present there are no FDA-approved devices to detect seizures at home
    * Speak with your medical provider before purchasing any device
  - Several companies are working on new devices which are under study
  - Some families with children with epilepsy with nocturnal seizures during sleep use a baby monitor

• How to prepare your home
  - Keep your seizure medication in a convenient place where you will remember to take them, but away from children
  - Set an alarm or develop another system to remind yourself to take your medication
  - Keep a calendar for medical appointments and other important dates
  - Home Safety
    * Carpet floors and pad sharp corners
    * Don’t smoke
    * Don’t light a fire when you are home alone
    * Make sure drain is working in bath and shower
    * Don’t take a bath in deep water
    * Don’t lock the bathroom door 
    * Extensive recommendations can be found at the Epilepsy Foundation website  http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/living/wellness/safety/safetyhouses.cfm

• Emergency medications at home 
  - See seizure preparedness section