When living alone becomes a safety risk for adults over 65
Life Assure found that about 1 in 5 older adults who fall wait an hour or more for help, roughly doubling the risk of death.
- On Thursday, Life Assure released an analysis finding that living alone significantly increases fatal fall risks for older adults, with danger stemming from time spent waiting for help rather than the fall itself.
- Life Assure's Home-Alone Risk Index, built from government data, shows risk concentrates sharply during the senior transition; scores jump from 14 for midlife adults to 100 for adults 65 and older.
- Fall death rates rise from 19 per 100,000 for ages 65 to 74 to 339 for those 85 and older, while about 1 in 5 older adults who fall remain on the floor for an hour or more.
- Canadian seniors face a higher crude fall death rate of 98.2 per 100,000 compared to 69.9 in the United States, and older adults living alone spend more than 10 hours daily without anyone else present.
- Families should view these findings as a concrete problem with actionable solutions, as most older adults want to remain in their own homes and can do so safely with proper precautions.
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When living alone becomes a safety risk for adults over 65 - The Mexico Ledger
When living alone becomes a safety risk for adults over 65One out of 5 older adults who fall at home is still on the floor an hour or more later. Lying there that long roughly doubles the chance the fall proves fatal, even when the fall itself caused no serious injury.About 27% of Americans over 65 live alone, roughly 15 million people. For each of them, a fall at home starts a clock that no one else is watching.A Life Assure analysis of U.S. an…
When living alone becomes a safety risk for adults over 65 - Stateline Publications
When living alone becomes a safety risk for adults over 65One out of 5 older adults who fall at home is still on the floor an hour or more later. Lying there that long roughly doubles the chance the fall proves fatal, even when the fall itself caused no serious injury.About 27% of Americans over 65 live alone, roughly 15 million people. For each of them, a fall at home starts a clock that no one else is watching.A Life Assure analysis of U.S. an…
When living alone becomes a safety risk for adults over 65 - Hillsboro Sentry Enterprise
When living alone becomes a safety risk for adults over 65One out of 5 older adults who fall at home is still on the floor an hour or more later. Lying there that long roughly doubles the chance the fall proves fatal, even when the fall itself caused no serious injury.About 27% of Americans over 65 live alone, roughly 15 million people. For each of them, a fall at home starts a clock that no one else is watching.A Life Assure analysis of U.S. an…
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