Fall Prevention
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When you design a building, the goal is often to ensure you are meeting the building code. After all, the building code was developed with health and safety has primary goals.
\\nIn the world of senior housing, the building code is not nearly enough.
\\nOn today\\u2019s show we\\u2019re talking about how each second of every day in the United States, an older adult has a fall. So, for each step we take, someone aged 65 or older is falling. Currently, falls cost our health system $50 billion a year.
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\\nHost: Victor Menasce
\\nemail: podcast@victorjm.com
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