NEWS RELEASE
SIMCOE MUSKOKA DISTRICT HEALTH UNIT
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November is Fall Prevention Month, and the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) is reminding the general public that the danger for falling can improve with age and declining well being, however steps might be taken to stop falls.
Falls are a big public well being subject and are the main reason behind injury-related deaths in Simcoe Muskoka with 19,400 emergency division visits, 2,000 hospitalizations and 100 deaths as a consequence of falls in 2020. While falls can occur to anybody, for older adults a fall might be life-altering and end result within the lack of independence.
When occupied with falls, security hazards like scatter rugs, stairs, or ice usually come to thoughts. The well being unit’s Staying Independent Home Safety Checklist might help you discover and deal with the dangers in and across the house.
However, security hazards are just one piece of the puzzle. When somebody falls there are different threat components at play which are completely different for everybody. Some of those components can’t be modified, akin to one’s age, gender, race, medical situation, and cognition. There are additionally components that may be modified, together with an individual’s bodily surroundings, their well being behaviours or decisions, entry to well being, dental and pharmacare, in addition to entry to social and bodily actions.
Like a jigsaw puzzle, stopping a fall might be difficult and requires trying on the many alternative items that affect an individual’s threat degree. To stop falls it is very important take into account methods to make enhancements to as many changeable threat components as potential, each in a person’s work and private life.
To study extra about fall prevention, go to this website, the well being unit’s pages on aging and wellness or contact Health Connection at 705-721-7520 or 1-877-721-7520, weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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