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    posted 06/08/2009, comment (1)

    Home Safety for the Elderly

    At NAFC, we remain perennially concerned about home safety for the elderly, particularly with regards to the risk factors for falling and their consequences.  Always on the lookout for advice to pass along, I recently came across a home safety "checklist" that I'd like to share from Pamalyn Kearney , a licensed occupational therapist (OT)... Read moreChevron
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    posted 07/23/2008, comments (2)

    The Benefit of Vitamin D in Fall Prevention

    I'm still trying to find remedies to prevent falls. Did I tell you why? Really? My father died from a fall. A fall he took in the bathroom trying to make it to the toilet in the middle of the night. The victim of nocturia. On a cold, tile floor. His death certificate read "severe head trauma," but the culprit was nocturia, or waking in the... Read moreChevron
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