Falls Prevention for Older Adults

Falls are the leading cause of home injury across all age groups and older adults are more likely to suffer serious injuries if they fall. With Fall Prevention Awareness Day on September 23, the Home Safety Council encourages older adults and their loved ones to work together to reduce risks of falls in their homes by following HSC's life-saving falls prevention tips.

Start by walking through your home and asking yourself questions about what you see:

• Do you have grab bars installed in the bathroom?
• Do you have handrails on both sides of your stairways?
• Are your hallways well lit?
• Do you have throw rugs in your home? Are they secured to the floor?

Fall Prevention Tips

• Bathroom Safety
• Safe Steps
• Stairway Safety

Click here for a complete list of home safety tips to help you keep your family safe year round.

Tour MySafeHome

HSC has created a first-of-its-kind online tool to help people find and fix the leading causes of accidents in the home. Visit MySafeHome to tour a virtual home, room-by-room. You will learn about the leading causes of serious home injuries. And you'll see what you can do to keep your loved ones safe.