Seniors living in Virginia Beach, VA may rely on personal care assistants from Visiting Angels of Virginia Beach to assist them in maintaining a safe and steady home environment free from the hazards of slipping, tripping, and falling thanks to our Safe and Steady Fall Prevention Program. Because seniors who sustain injuries from falls often struggle to maintain their independence and age in place, fall prevention is crucial to aging in place. Through the prevention of falls from our proactive and personalized approach to home care, we may reduce the likelihood of our clients sustaining injuries that could impact their ability to age in place in their cherished home.

If you're worried about your loved one falling in their home, call Visiting Angels of Virginia Beach today at 757-216-1934.

Visiting Angels' Personal Care Assistants Help Prevent Seniors From Slipping and Falling in Virginia Beach, VA, and the Surrounding Areas

With the help of Visiting Angels, elderly adults are able to continue living in their Virginia Beach homes as they age, enabling them to continue to be in the environment in which they feel the most secure, content, and at peace. Therefore, fall prevention is one of our core home care services. In order to understand the importance of fall prevention for seniors, it's crucial to learn why seniors are prone to fall-related injuries and what can contribute to risk factors.

Common Fall-Related Risks for Seniors in Virginia Beach

Falling is more common among the elderly; in fact, one-third of all seniors have a serious fall annually. Significant fall-related injuries are more common among senior and in many cases, these injuries may cause significant changes to one's life or even become fatal. Hip fractures are a common fall-related injury among elderly adults. Fall-related hip fractures carry a high risk of serious complications and can take up to a year in order to recover from, which means that seniors will need transitional care throughout this time. Hip fractures caused by falls are so common among Virginia Beach seniors that many of them end up losing their independence because they never completely heal.

There are many risk factors that contribute to falls and fall-related injuries among seniors, such as:

• Reduced strength
• Coordination issues
• Limited mobility
• Reduced vision
• Hearing loss
• Joints that are stiff or uncomfortable
• Symptoms of chronic health issues

Despite the many risk factors related to falls among the elderly, professional home care services can help them avoid most falls. Home is where most falls occur; therefore, our personal care assistants here at Visiting Angels of Virginia Beach can help your loved one avoid fall-related risks by providing one-on-one senior care in their own home.

How to Prevent Seniors from Falling at Home

The home is the site of about 75 percent of all potentially fatal falls among seniors in Virginia Beach. Therefore, most falls are preventable with simple measures taken at home.

Fortunately, with the help of Visiting Angels' Safe and Steady Fall Prevention Resource Guide and our personal care assistants, you can assess your loved one's home for potential hazards and implement measures to reduce the chance of falls.

The following are some of the essential topics covered in this guide:

• Falls by the elderly have physical, social, and emotional consequences;
• Factors in the environment that enhance the danger of falling at home;
• Precautions you can take to reduce the danger of falling in your home;
• Changes in design that can lessen the danger of a senior falling at home;
• Seniors' fall risks might be reduced further by making lifestyle adjustments.

The Safe and Steady guide contains a list of simple house changes that might help your loved one avoid falling at home. A 59-point home safety checklist is also included.

What Does Fall Prevention from Visiting Angels of Virginia Beach Include?

Visiting Angels of Virginia Beach is committed to reducing the risk of falls for our clients in Virginia Beach through our compassionate and custom-tailored approach to senior home care. Our personal care assistants may reduce your loved one's risk of falling in numerous ways, depending on the kind of help they give.

As part of our companion care services, our personal care assistants may help your loved one with housekeeping tasks that might put them at risk of falling, such as keeping the house clean and safe. If your loved one is living with age-related issues or a chronic health condition that puts them at danger of falling, our home care services can help with tasks like getting dressed, taking a bath, and moving about.

Our Ready-Set-Go Home program, Alzheimer's care, dementia care, and other specialty senior care services at Visiting Angels of Virginia Beach all place a strong emphasis on preventing falls. This can be helpful for seniors in unique circumstances that may need a different approach to home care but still need a personal care assistant to ensure their safety.

Ensuring a senior loved one avoids falling in their own home isn't easy for every family. If you're concerned about your loved one's safety, Visiting Angels of Virginia Beach can give you peace of mind by putting them in the caring and compassionate hands of our experienced personal care assistants.

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Download our free "Safe & Steady Fall Prevention Resource Guide" today.