Falls Prevention Awareness Day
Guy and Mary Felt Manor is pleased to announce that September 22, 2012, the first day of fall, marks the 5th annual National Falls Prevention Awareness Day. Falls are the leading cause of injury related emergency department visits for older adults, the major cause of hip fractures, and responsible for more than half of fatal head injuries. Every 15 seconds an older adult is seen in an emergency department for a fall-related injury.
(Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)