One in four people over 65 falls each year, and falls kill about 45,000 Americans annually. Dr. Wayne Gradman explains why most falls are preventable through simple habits like holding a banister, and how head injuries from falls can be fatal.
Why is everyone at risk and what makes falls so dangerous? Well, they, they come unexpected. You can prevent so many different kinds of falls, but so many people don't pay attention to those means of preventing falls, and so they fall. One person over the age of 65, one in four, will fall every year. There are 45,000 deaths in the United States every year that are attributable to fall. So it's not an uncommon thing. And some simple measure, the simplest measures of all, like holding onto a banister when you walk downstairs is a great measure to just keep in your mind to prevent a fall. I, in my book, I described 3 falls of people that were not exactly close to me, but, uh, that fell and fractured their skull. One of them, Joseph Lieberman, died of
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