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What Can Families Do to Help Seniors Avoid a Fall?

Falls are one of the leading causes of injury for seniors. With that in mind, it’s crucial for family caregivers to do as much as possible to help seniors avoid a fall if it’s at all possible. The good news is that experienced senior home care providers can offer a lot of assistance in meeting...

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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. Senior home care services can offer a lot of help with...

An older adult’s hands organizing pills into a weekly pill organizer, with medicine bottles, blister packs, and loose capsules on a wooden table.

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 providers can do a lot...

An elderly woman in pink pajamas lies in bed, holding a cane and the hand of a caregiver wearing scrubs, who is helping her sit up. The setting appears to be a bright, clean bedroom.

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 as much as possible. Home care services...

An elderly person wearing a white robe has fallen on a bathroom floor, with one hand on the ground and legs outstretched. A walker, slippers, and a fallen tube are nearby.

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 can plan...

An elderly person wearing a blue dress and red slippers has fallen on the bathroom floor, with one hand on the ground and a walker nearby.

What Can Your Senior Do to Avoid Falls?

Falls are a much bigger issue for your senior the older she gets. As your elderly family member ages, it’s ever more crucial for her to accurately and fully assess her fall risk and do everything that she can to avoid the possibility of sustaining a fall. Here is information that can help her to...

An elderly person in a white bathrobe lies on a bathroom floor next to a walker, with toiletries scattered nearby, suggesting a fall or accident.

Five Mistakes Your Senior Might Make After a Fall

No one wants their senior family member to fall, and for good reason. Falls are incredibly dangerous for older adults and they open the door for some very serious injuries that can change her entire life. but it’s easy to make mistakes after a fall, even with good intentions. Here are just a few of...

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