It’s Fall Prevention Month!

Falls are a serious issue so we will, as a class, focus this month on how to “arm” ourselves with exercises to help avoid falling! Come join the OHSU clinic for avoiding falls this month!

The Benefits Of An Exercise Class

• Maintain/Lose weight

• Reduces Impact of Illnesses

• Enhances Mobility/Balance

• Improves Sleep and Mood

Falls

• Every 11 seconds, an older adult is treated in the emergency room for a fall; every 19 minutes, an older adult dies from a fall.

• Among older adults, falls are the leading cause of fractures,

• Falls are also the most common cause of older adult traumatic brain injuries, accounting for over 46% of fatal falls.

• When admitted to the hospital for a fall, the older adults stay is twice as long as another older patient admitted for any other reason.