No she's 84 and has arthritis so the only cleaning she does is light stuff with a feather duster.
As for poking it she doesn't even have a poker and there is nothing wrong with her mind so that wouldn't happen.
Yeah as you say they are mounted horizontally and are bayonet fitting.
Would the suggestion of a lower wattage make a difference, say 25 instead of 40?
My main concern really is safety. If the fireplace is dodgy in any way I wouldn't want it in the same room as my mum.
My elderly mother has an electric coal effect fireplace. She has oil central heating but likes to put the fireplace on in the evenings for the effect. Trouble is it keeps blowing bulbs. It has two bulbs under the plastic coal fitting and I'm using the recommended 40 watt bulbs but they only last...