Falls Are Serious and Costly
- In the United States, about a quarter of adults older than 65 years old, report falling each year.
- Each year 3 million older people are treated in emergency departments for fall injuries. Over 800,000 of these are hospitalized most often because of a head injury or hip fracture. More than 95% of hip fractures are caused by falling.
- It is hard to recover from a hip fracture and afterward many are not able to live independently. As the population gets older, the risk of fall injuries increase.
- About $50 billion is spent each year on medical costs related to non-fatal fall injures.
Let Us Help You
- Install grab bars in showers, tubs and next to toilets so you don't reach for towel bars, sliding glass doors, or other unstable fixtures.
- We can also install grab bars anywhere in your house to help you get up, down and around safely.