Health and Medical Guide to Seniors' Health Falls Health information topics about Falls: Children 1. Falls Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/sheets/falls_sheet.html 2. Keeping Kids Safe from Home Falls National Safety Council http://www.nsc.org/library/facts/kidfalls.htm 3. Protecting Children from Window Falls Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/breaking_news/window_falls.html National Institutes of Health 1. Preventing Falls and Fractures National Institute on Aging http://www.niapublications.org/engagepages/falls.asp Organizations 1. National Institute on Aging http://www.nia.nih.gov/ 2. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://www.aaos.org/ Overviews 1. Why Do We Fall? American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/balance/fall.cfm 2. Don't Let a Fall Be Your Last Trip American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=74&topcategory=Prev... Prevention/Screening 1. Preventing the Fall: Designs on Building Safe Home National Safety Council http://www.nsc.org/issues/ifalls/falfalls.htm 2. Tai Chi May Combat Seniors' Fear of Falling American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation http://www.aapmr.org/condtreat/injuries/falls.htm 3. Prevent Falls! American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=102&topcategory=Hip... 4. Falls: Reduce Your Risk Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ00657 5. Slide Show: Balance Exercises to Keep You Steady o Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=SM00049 Related Issues 1. What You Need to Know about Balance and Falls American Physical Therapy Association http://www.apta.org/Consumer/ptandyourbody/balance_and_falls 2. Falls and Related Fractures Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center http://www.osteo.org/newfile.asp?doc=r613i&doctitle=Falls+and+Related+Fract... 3. Footwear and Falls American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=83&topcategory=Foot... 4. Getting Up from a Fall American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=11&topcategory=Prev... Seniors 1. Check for Safety: A Home Fall Prevention Checklist National Center for Injury Prevention and Control http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/toolkit/Check%20for%20SafetyCOLOR.pdf 2. Falls and Balance Problems American Geriatrics Society http://www.healthinaging.org/public_education/pef/falls_and_balance_problem... Statistics 1. Falls in Nursing Homes National Center for Injury Prevention and Control http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/nursing.htm 2. Falls and Hip Fractures among Older Adults National Center for Injury Prevention and Control http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/falls.htm 3. Fall-Related Injuries during the Holiday Season, U Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs041210.htm 4. Costs of Fall Injuries among Older Adults National Center for Injury Prevention and Control http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/fallcost.htm   Recommended Resources: [CaRP] XML error: not well-formed (invalid token) at line 9