Balance in Seniors is A Risk

You may not know that the leading cause of death by accidental injury in people over 65 is falls. Seems kind of silly right. How could that be. Well, usually when a fall happens, the is a fracture of a bone somewhere in the body. Hip fractures account for many of these fractures and a hip fracture in someone over 65 has a high mortality. About 75% of those people will have a complication as a result of the fracture and 50% of those will actually die.

I just read about an interesting way to help reduce falls in the elderly. This new technology is based on the scientific work done to help astronauts regain their balance after being in space for a period of time. The new device is called the iShoe and is an insert that goes in the shoe.

I could not find them available as yet, but this could be a huge health benefit for seniors.