In addition to the actual fall, mental and physical costs linger.
Jimmy Carter, the 95-year-old former U.S. president, was hospitalized after falling, an injury that can have serious long-term consequences.
Older people usually suffer more than a few cuts and bruises when they fall — the financial, mental and physical costs can be detrimental, and sometimes permanent. About 350,000 Americans break a hip after a fall, and 40% of these falls leave the elderly in nursing homes, according to “Being Mortal,” a book by Atul Gawande, a surgeon, public health researcher and professor at the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. And 20% never walk again. “The three primary risk factors for falling are poor balance, taking more than four prescription medications and muscle weakness,” he wrote.
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