Help prevent injury by reducing your risk of falling - National Injury Prevention Day July 6
Posted Le 6 juillet 2020
McMaster Optimal Aging Portal new blog post “Help prevent injury by reducing your risk of falling” highlights National Injury Prevention Day of July 6th with statistics on the effects of falls, and multiple fall prevention resources in earlier blog posts, evidence summaries and web resources.
Plus see our Loop Fall Prevention Knowledge Products and earlier Loop Discussions on falls and injury prevention annual reports from CIHI and Parachute Canada:
- 2019 Loop Discussion on CIHI falls report https://www.fallsloop.com/discussions/11177 “Falls and vehicle collisions top causes of injury hospitalizations for seniors”. You can access the CIHI 2019 report here.
- 2018 CIHI Falls data report "Watch Your Step: falls sending more Canadians to hospital than ever before" Loop Discussions. See https://www.fallsloop.com/discussions/10934
Parachute Canada is celebrating the 4th National Injury Prevention Day today July 6th