More can be done to help

Falling can be devastating for senior citizens. The problems go far beyond simple broken bones. The emotional trauma that comes from a fall, coupled with an extended recovery time can be serious enough to cause a fatality. The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research says that we can do more to help seniors keep from falling.

Researchers looked at data from the 2007 California Health Interview Survey to see how seniors followed up with medical care after a fall. In 2007, 14.5 percent of Californians age 65 and older fell to the ground more than once, according to the brief. About 21 percent of people age 85 and older had multiple falls. Those at even higher risk of falling included women, people with low incomes and people with disabilities and chronic conditions. More than half a million seniors in California fell more than once in 2007, a jump of about 100,000 from 2003. Seniors who suffer one fall are at greater risk for more falls.

Though 91 percent of the state's seniors saw a doctor in the last year, falls were not often the reason they went. A little less than half of seniors who had more than one fall said that was the reason they visited the doctor.

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