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Recommendations for
preventing falls in elderly
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The prevention of risk of
the core is important to preserve the
life of years, as the result of the most
tragic result, and is aimed at
preventing the diseases responsible for
reducing the disability programs to
maintain activation engine balance, and
fight the tendency to osteoporosis;
finally intervene in the environment.
Consistent with these principles has
been designed to avoid a DECALOGUE now
available for fans of this page for its
conservation and constant memory:
1 .- DELETE or sliding carpets linoleums
raised at the edges.
2 .- AVOID waxed floors.
3 .- Using low shoes, rubber soled,
comfortable, adjustable. If necessary to
rely on a cane.
4 .- WELL ILLUMINATED hallways and
stairs.
5 .- RELEASE totally flat objects or
pets.
6 .- Install lugs in closets, bathrooms,
stairs and railings.
7 .- Placing a light switch at the head
of the bed.
8 .- Be sure that everything is within
reach.
9 .- unincorporated bed abruptly. Sit 2
minutes, and another standing beside it.
10.-AROUND NO if dizziness, feeling of
weakness, or ringing in ears.
The observance of these ten simple
points, easy to implement for those who
live alone or with family, ensuring a
smooth process of aging free of dangers
that could shorten our transit area. Its
high profit in the aging population has
been extensively tested for what is
expected that those who use it to read
it in its smallest details and promote
it among their friends or acquaintances,
reflecting that it is better to prevent
than to regret.
