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  • Why Are Falls So Dangerous for Seniors and How Can They Avoid Falling? Why Are Falls So Dangerous for Seniors and How Can They Avoid Falling? Falling has serious consequences for aging adults. Even one fall leaves seniors more vulnerable to injuries and complications from the fall. Family caregivers must understand the dangers of falling so that they can put plans in place to help prevent them for aging adults. ... Read More
  • Medications and Fall Risk: How Can Home Care Offer Support? Medications and Fall Risk: How Can Home Care Offer Support? Seniors are already at a huge risk of falling, but sometimes there are tools offered to them, like medications, that increase that fall risk. There are lots of reasons for that, but there are things that families can do to help their seniors to be safer at home. Home care ... Read More
  • 7 Tips and Strategies for Helping Seniors Avoid Falls at Home 7 Tips and Strategies for Helping Seniors Avoid Falls at Home Seniors who fall one time are twice as likely to fall again, according to The Centers for Disease Control. Coupled with the fact that one out of every five falls results in serious injury, family caregivers need to focus on reducing fall risk for their elderly family members ... Read More
  • Why Do Aging Adults Fall? Why Do Aging Adults Fall? Lots of people experience falls for no reason at all, and that can be the case for your senior, too. But the odds are that if she does experience a fall there is a reason for that to have happened. When you understand the main reasons that older adults experience a fall, you ... Read More