If you have a senior loved one who lives alone, it’s important that they have help to avoid slips and falls in the home. However, it can be difficult to provide this assistance if you don’t live near your loved one or have too many other responsibilities to find the time. Thankfully, our team of professional in-home senior care providers at Visiting Angels of Farmington Hills can help your loved one in Farmington Hills, Royal Oak, Berkley, Beverly Hills, Livonia, or Southfield stay safe while moving around their home. Our in-home Safe and Steady fall prevention program can help your loved one avoid accidents while giving you and your family peace of mind.

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Why Is Fall Prevention Important?

The danger posed by falls should be taken very seriously. Currently, falls are the number one cause of accidental death in adults over the age of 65. Older adults are at a higher risk of suffering serious falls because of common health complications, including:

• Decreased strength
• Poor coordination
• Limited mobility
• Reduced eyesight
• Hearing loss
• Stiff or painful joints
• Health complications
• Cognitive disorders
• Medication interactions

When seniors experience falls, they are more likely than younger adults to sustain lasting injuries that require extensive medical treatment and may never truly heal. Most seniors who break their hips as a result of a fall never completely recover. Many elders need to move into assisted living facilities or senior living homes after being injured in a fall.

Reducing the Risk of Falls at Home 

Three-quarters of falls happen in the home. As such, it’s important to take extensive precautions to ensure that your loved one’s home is a safe place. The Visiting Angels Safe and Steady® Fall Prevention Resource Guide contains many helpful pieces of advice for helping your loved one avoid accidents at home. 

• Simple home modifications you can make to your loved one’s home to help them avoid injury
• Environmental risk factors that increase the likelihood of falls at home
• Precautions your loved one can take to reduce fall risks at home
• Lifestyle changes that can further reduce fall risks for your senior

How Our Team Helps Seniors Avoid Falls

It can be difficult to create a fall prevention plan on your own. At Visiting Angels of Visiting Angels of Farmington Hills, we can come to your loved one’s home and create a comprehensive fall prevention plan. We are even able to provide mobility assistance, personal care services, and other in-home care to help your loved one with daily tasks that are challenging for them. Our caregivers can also offer respite care services to family caregivers to provide them with much-needed rest. 

Learn More About Our Older Adult Care Services in Farmington Hills

If you are interested in finding out more about our fall prevention care or any of the other in-home senior care options we offer at Visiting Angels, contact our office at 248-957-8331 or fill out our online contact form. Our team can then arrange to have one of our caregivers come to your home to speak with you and your family about care options, schedule, and costs and answer any questions you may have about our services.