Importance of Flooring at Home in Preventing Slips and Falls
Falling is the primary cause for serious brain and bone injuries in the elderly. Infirmity, poor vision and loss of balance are the reasons for these tri ps and slips. So senior fall prevention must be the prime concern for caregivers at home and assisted living facilities. Falls can be prevented for seniors by adopting a special design for the ageing. Flooring plays a crucial role in senior fall prevention. How? Let us take a look. Do floors really help in senior fall prevention? Yes, they do. A study in a Swedish nursing home revealed that the use of special impact-absorbent flooring reduce s falls by at least 60%. Another study was conducted among 57 female residents of an average age of 85 years in a hospital. It was found that 254 falls occurred on regular flooring while only 77 happened on low-impact flooring. Of this, 30% of the falls on regular flooring led to grave injuries like hip fractures while the falls on soft flooring were relatively harmless with min