September is Fall Prevention Month

September is Fall Prevention Month
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The National Council on Aging (NCOA) has designated September as National Falls Prevention Month. And as it’s the first day of fall, they’ve made a clever connection between the beginning of fall and fall prevention.

This post Preventing Falls on the First Day of Fall does a great job connecting the two types of “fall”, and points to a number of great references on both the NCOA and the National Institutes of Health websites for fall prevention.

As we’ve reported, falls make up a great number of claims in the Habitat for Humanity Affiliate Insurance Program, and this is a great reminder for your elderly volunteers especially, about the increased risk of falling as we age.

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