“Older adults are at a much higher risk of unintentional injury and even death than the rest of the population. Unintentional injuries to this population result in at least 6 million medically treated injuries and more than 30,000 deaths every year.”
Here we provide some resources for you to consider in your quest to make yourself or a loved one safer in the home and behind the wheel:
Here we provide some resources for you to consider in your quest to make yourself or a loved one safer in the home and behind the wheel:
- CDC (Center for Disease Control) – Falls Among Older Adults web page, the Check For Safety brochure, and the What You Can Do To Prevent Falls brochure.
- NCOA (National Council On Aging) – Falls Prevention Tips
- NCST (Easter Seals’ National Center on Senior Transportation) – Older Driver Safety and Transition for the Aging Network brochure, Older Driver Safety and Transition for the Mature Driver brochure,
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