Falls Can Kill You. Here's How to Minimize the Risk.

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9. My mother has

fallen 3 times. The first time was outside the home and she broke her hip. Physical therapist that came to the house for rehab said get rid of throw rugs even if they have non-skid mat. The fact is they have a tendency not to walk properly and are more likely to shuffle their feet and you come to a throw rug and you flip it with your foot and trip on it and down you go. The non-skid mat doesn’t help in that case. They try to teach them not to shuffle their feet, but it hasn’t helped my mom or dad. My parents have lost friends to falls. They hit their head and they died from brain bleed.