osteoporosis or bone weakness is one of the most widespread health problems among the elderly in our society. And its consequences can be very important for our parents or grandparents, is therefore essential that we try to reduce your risk of falls as much as possible, especially in our home. Explain you it: hip fractures have a special impact on older. Experts estimate that almost 10 per cent of those who suffer die in the first weeks. The most fortunate lost on many occasions its independence at the time of moving. And much blame for this situation you have osteoporosis, together with a small trauma causes the bone fracture very easily. as a result, one of the things we can do to prevent these fractures is try our home to be sufficiently safe to reduce to the maximum possible falls. Thus it is important to have care with the usual cables, carpets and decorative items that hinder the passage by our House and that you you must be a good lighting in each room, especially at night when we got up to go to the bathroom. You also must take care that the older person that can suffer falls will lead a safe and comfortable footwear, review the vision regularly and that the medication to take usually not him influence negatively on their chances of falling off, as it is the case with sleeping pills, diuretics or antihypertensive drugs. Even in the market there are hip protectors that are under the clothes and that cushion in case of crash. Why not try them? Hola.com Flickr
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