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Plan to make your house Plan to make your house safesafe

What is the hazard?What is the hazard? What can I do to change What can I do to change

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Where do falls at home Where do falls at home occur?occur?

Living areas 30%Living areas 30% Garage & Outdoors Garage & Outdoors

25%25% Bedroom 20%Bedroom 20% Kitchen 10%Kitchen 10% Stairs & Steps 9%Stairs & Steps 9% Bathroom 6%Bathroom 6%

VISS, 1994, et al. 1997

When do most falls When do most falls occur?occur?

Most common home fall Most common home fall hazardshazards

1.1. Slippery surfacesSlippery surfaces

2.2. Obstacles in Obstacles in traffic waystraffic ways

3.3. Poor lightingPoor lighting

4.4. Reaching – Reaching – ClimbingClimbing

5.5. Steps & StairsSteps & Stairs

6.6. PathwaysPathways

7. Floor mats

8. Footwear

9. Bath

10. Spills on floor

Clemson, 1997

Prevent falls in and Prevent falls in and about the homeabout the home• Change things around the houseChange things around the house

e.g. better lighting, fasten loose e.g. better lighting, fasten loose mats.mats.

• Change the way you do thingsChange the way you do things

e.g. slow down getting the phone.e.g. slow down getting the phone.

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