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A study found that the mortality rate among people who sustain a hip fracture and have it surgically fixed is 21%, while the mortality rate among those whose fracture was not healed was 70%.

According to research, dancing is one of the most effective ways to prevent falls. Dance activities performed more than three times per week were found to reduce fall risk by 53%.

You can make a number of minor changes to your father's home to help protect him from falls and fires, both of which cause thousands of injuries and deaths each year. Here are a few pointers to get you started.

Falls are not always caused by physical obstacles. A strong sense of dizziness is frequently the cause.

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Mechanical falls happen as we get older because our agility and ability to compensate when we lose our balance deteriorates. A hip fracture is the most common ground-level fall injury we see in the elderly. Our bones become more brittle as we age, our skin reacts more readily ...

Stretching keeps the muscles flexible, strong, and healthy, and we need that flexibility to maintain a range of motion in the joints. Without it, the muscles shorten and become tight. Then, when you call on the muscles for activity, they are weak and unable to extend all th...

Yesterday I asked if he'd like to join me while I work out to your videos – or at least watch while I exercise. He agreed and pulled up a chair beside me and we did the 'S...

Staying fit forever: ‘Even people using walkers or wheelchairs are exercising’ “You have to be active,” Becker says, imitating a hunched-over person thumbing a cell phone. “Everyone is sitting in front of a computer all day. You have to move your entire body.” ...

 We fall into the trap of believing that older people don't have anything to give back and are just consumers of services. We take away what we know people need, what science has shown we need: a reason to get up in the morning.