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