Falls of elderly
Nature
After the age of 65, one person out of three falls at least once a year. This proportion rises with age. Seventeen percent of these falls result in significant physical trauma. Another 50% are responsible for psychological sequelae, resulting far too often in institutionalization of these patients. Most of the time, a multiplicity of intricate causes are to blame: intrinsic causes (hypertension, neurological problems, gait disorder, visual impairment, etc.) or extrinsic factors (side effects of drugs, inadequate domestic environment and so on).
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Strategy
Value
SDG
Metadata
Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Subject
Society » Elderly
Content quality
Presentable
Language
English
Last update
Oct 4, 2020