The American population is living longer, generally, which ends up meaning that a lot more people trip, fall, and have very serious injuries. The statistics behind falls is surprising – and sad:
The dangers are real. The number of people over 65 who died after a fall reached nearly 24,000 in 2012, the most recent year for which fatality numbers are available — almost double the number 10 years earlier, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
And more than 2.4 million people over 65 were treated in emergency departments for injuries from falls in 2012 alone, an increase of 50 percent over a decade. All told, in the decade from 2002-2012, more than 200,000 Americans over 65 died after falls. Falls are the leading cause of injury-related death in that age group.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, a nonprofit organization, and the National Institute on Aging recently embarked on a five-year, $30-million study of fall prevention among seniors living independently, This is officially the largest such study on the matter thus far.
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One issue is elderly residents are not acknowledging their own deterioration and put themselves at risk even more as a result. Read the entire 2-part piece put together by The New York Times.
