Falls

How to Prevent Falls through a Healthy Lifestyle

Some days are life changing.      I was scheduled for my first hip replacement, and would have six sessions of physio after to help with my recovery. But I suffered from bone spurs on that hip–nasty little gremlins which jabbed me with hot pokers when I moved–and my doctor had sent me for a […]

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A Fall May Change Your Life in Surprising Ways

    Helen hadn’t felt well for several days. She’d been to her doctor, who told her she had a mild flu. She’d had her flu shot, and that’s why it was mild. He told her the normal things to do to recover, and she started to feel better, although still weak. On the fifth

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The Far-reaching Effects of Falls in the Elderly

    Janice sat at the dining room table, looking through the floor-to-ceiling windows to the garden. The pleasant view, the sun streaming in and her favourite lunchtime salad on the menu served to brighten her mood. Plus, her daughter would visit this afternoon, and perhaps one of her grandsons. She smiled as she got

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