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Once Just an Aging Sign, Falls Merit Complex Care
Once considered an inevitable part of aging, falls are now recognized as complex, often preventable events with multiple causes and consequences, calling for a wide range of interventions, both psychological and physiological, that many patients never receive. Even falls that cause only minor injury need to be taken as seriously as diabetes because they can be a real warning sign that something serious is wrong. The elderly do not always report falls or seek help for fear their families will try to put them in nursing homes. Many older fall victims admit that they find a fall tantamount to admitting that they are no longer competent to take care of themselves.  

Aging: Study Links Falls to Lack of Sleep
Women over 70 who get five hours of sleep a night or less may be more likely to fall than those who sleep seven to eight hours, according to a new study. The study found that women who slept less than five hours a night were about 47 percent more likely to have fallen twice or more in the course of the study.

Program Reduces Falls by Elderly, Study Finds
Falls among the elderly, a common source of injuries, have largely been considered inevitable. But a recent study shows that a combination of adjusting treatment, assessing risk and educating patients can substantially reduce serious falls. Utilizing these methods, the rate of serious falls by the elderly in the region where the study was conducted resulted in 11 percent less than that in the region that followed normal care.  

For Elderly, A Little Fall is a Big Worry
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, falls are the leading cause of death from injury among people over 65. Though an older person may seem independent, friends and relatives should routinely survey their homes and the places they frequently travel for slippery surfaces, clutter and other fall-inducing conditions.  

Brain Injuries Linked to Senior Deaths from Falls
A U.S. government study indicates that seniors hitting their head during a fall can have deadly consequences: Brain injuries account for half of all deaths from falls. The study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the first comprehensive national look at the role brain injuries play in fatal elderly falls. The CDC found that slightly more than half of all senior deaths that listed unintentional falls as the cause of death were attributed to brain injuries. 

Escalator Injuries Rise in Older Adults
A new study reports that from 1991 to 2005, nearly 40,000 people older than 65 were injured while rising an escalator, an average of 2,660 a year. Slips and falls caused 85 percent of the injuries.

Many Seniors Hurt in Falls, Some Seriously
About one in six Americans 65 and older has suffered a fall in the past three months, with about a third of those people sustaining injuries such as a broken hip. Falls such as these are a leading threat to the independence of elderly people and their ability to function.

Fall at Wal-Mart Prompts Lawsuit
A local couple is suing Wal-Mart because they don’t think the store did enough to warn the man about a wet spot on which he slipped and injured himself nearly three years ago.

Slip and Fall at H.E.B. Leads to Suit
A suit was filed against H.E.B. Grocery Co. on claims that a man “slipped and fell on some type of foreign object or substance," which has caused him to "sustain severe, permanent and disabling injuries."

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