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Videos on how to conduct functional assessments.STEADI is based on clinical guidelines and provides information and resources for patients, caregivers, and all members of the healthcare team. To reduce older adult falls, CDC created the Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries (STEADI) initiative to help healthcare providers make fall prevention routine. STEADI helps healthcare providers make fall prevention routine With more than 10,000 older Americans turning 65 each day, the number of fall-related injuries and deaths is expected to surge, resulting in cost increases unless preventive measures are taken. “Healthcare providers can make fall prevention a routine part of care in their practice, and older adults can take steps to protect themselves.” “Older adult falls are increasing and, sadly, often herald the end of independence,” said CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. The observance addresses the growing public health issue and promotes evidence-based prevention programs and strategies to reduce the more than 27,000 fall deaths in older adults each year. The new numbers are being released in conjunction with the 9 th Falls Prevention Awareness Day, sponsored by the National Council on Aging (NCOA).
In 2014 alone, older Americans experienced 29 million falls causing seven million injuries and costing an estimated $31 billion in annual Medicare costs, according to a new report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in this week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
ETĮvery second of every day in the United States an older adult falls, making falls the number one cause of injuries and deaths from injury among older Americans. Embargoed Until: Thursday, September 22, 2016, 1:00 p.m.
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