Prevent Falls - Simple Tips for Preventing Falls
Thursday October 22, 2009
Falls are a big deal - a major source of injury and disability for seniors. The good news is that you can take some simple, common sense steps to reduce your chances (or the chances of a loved one) from having a serious fall. Start with the obvious - tape down carpets, create clear paths - and then move into not-so-obvious solutions like adding nightlights.
The best thing to do is imagine in your head each precarious situation (getting up to use the bathroom at night or coming in the house with groceries) and then trouble shoot that situation to make it safer.
Here are some ideas to get you started: How To Prevent Falls and Hip Fractures
The best thing to do is imagine in your head each precarious situation (getting up to use the bathroom at night or coming in the house with groceries) and then trouble shoot that situation to make it safer.
Here are some ideas to get you started: How To Prevent Falls and Hip Fractures
1.Be particularly careful stepping backwards
2.Be particularly careful on stairs or rough ground if wearing vary focal glasses because if one hesitates one cannot easily refocus on one’s feet.
For Americans 65 years or older, there is no greater threat to their lives than a devastating fall. Each year, nearly 40% of elderly adults fall at least once and either suffers injury, decreased independence or death as a result. According to Vitality Medical
My mother is very fond of high heel and once she took and fall down in front of bathroom.The next one year she got serious back pain and doctor asked her to take the x-ray.The result is reduced height and she need to take bed rest.Thus older peoples need to avoid the clutter free,light adequate and don`t take the medication of dizziness such as burmeton.I don`t want to leave the seniors at home alone and there is more risk to fall down.
We need to take the bone exercises regularly and used to take the calcium rich food and enough morning sunlight.If only once broken it is not so easy to recover for seniors.