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Older and Wiser: Don’t up the odds when it comes to falling down

April 17, 2019

Originally published in North Shore News A friend of mine experienced a fall several months ago. Though she wasn’t hospitalized, the fall incapacitated her for several weeks. At the time of the fall, she was unaware of the dangers and repercussions of falling and how prevention efforts could perhaps have saved her from the experience. The Health Canada website states: “Falls are the leading cause of injury among older Canadians, the cause of 85 per cent of seniors’ injury-related hospitalizations and that 50 per cent of all falls causing hospitalization happen at home while people are doing their usual daily activities.” About one-third of people aged 65 years and over … Read more

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Fall prevention key to avoiding injury

December 6, 2018

Originally published by Baylor College of Medicine In sports it’s said that the best offense is a good defense, and that can be true for falls too – the best way to prevent an injury is to avoid the fall altogether. Two orthopedic surgeons in the Joseph Barnhart Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine who specialize in trauma discuss common injuries that can occur when people fall and offer prevention tips. “Really what you think of with falls is hip fractures, but that’s just a small part of it,” said Dr. John Dawson, assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at Baylor and chief of orthopedic surgery at Harris Health System’s Ben Taub … Read more

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Falls sending more Canadians to hospital, report shows

July 5, 2018

Originally published in the Globe and Mail A raised bit of concrete on a sidewalk. An icy patch on the road. A misstep on the stairs at home. All of these can lead to accidental falls — landing a person not only on the ground, but often also in hospital. Unintentional falls are the most common form of injury across the country: every day last year, falls resulted in almost 1,800 reported emergency department visits and 417 hospital admissions, says a new report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). In 2016-17, nearly 654,000 — or about one-third — of the more than two million injury-related emergency department visits were … Read more

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Aging gracefully: Preventing falls

April 20, 2018

Originally published by CNN Falls, for older people, are serious. They can significantly impair mobility and independence. They may lead to hospitalization and subsequent placement in a long-term care facility or nursing home. And as you get older, recovery is slower. Falls are the leading cause of traumatic injury and death in older people, according to geriatric specialist Dr. Becky Powers. Older women are more often injured as a result of falls, but men are more likely to die as the result of a fall. According to the American Geriatrics Society, up to one-third of adults over the age of 65 living at home experience a fall, and nearly two-thirds will fall … Read more

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