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Fall prevention: Rising to the challenge

Falls are the leading cause of injury among older adults, but innovative care methods can greatly reduce the risk for this rapidly growing age group.

Fall related projections by 2030

31%
the projected population
increase in older adults1
42%
the projected decline in caregivers per high-risk
older adult2
$101B
the projected cost
of treating falls3

The impact and gravity of falling injuries

In addition to robbing older Americans of their health, mobility, and independence — falls can change lives by contributing to massive medical spending and caregiver burden. Statistics show that this public health problem is not being adequately addressed by standard interventions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that an older American falls every second.⁴ And older adults are dying from fall-related injuries at nearly twice the rate they were 20 years ago.⁵

Medicare is the leading payer of nonfatal fall-related injury costs, shouldering a price tag of $29 billion.
Medicare is the leading payer of nonfatal fall-related injury costs, shouldering a price tag of $29 billion.

Who’s paying the bill?

Medicare is the leading payer of nonfatal fall-related injury costs, shouldering a price tag of $29 billion.⁶

Medicare is the leading payer of nonfatal fall-related injury costs, shouldering a price tag of $29 billion.

Choose a solution that puts everyone on steady ground

Increasing knowledge around the cost of falls, and how innovative preventative care can help — is a step you can take to keep everyone stable.

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References
1
Vespa J, Medina L, Armstrong DM. Demographic turning points for the United States: Population projections for 2020 to 2060. U.S. Census Bureau, P25-1144. February 2020.
2
Redfoot D, Feinberg L, Houser A. The aging of the baby boom and the growing care gap: A look at future declines in the availability of family caregivers. AARP Policy Institute. Insight on the Issues 85, August 2013.
3
Houry D, Florence C, Baldwin G, Stevens J, McClure R. The CDC Injury Center’s response to the growing public health problem of falls among older adults. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 2015;10(1):74-77.
 doi:10.1177/1559827615600137
4
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Keep on your feet—Preventing older adult falls. March 24, 2023.
5
Santos-Lozada AR. Trends in deaths from falls among adults aged 65 years or older in the US, 1999-2020. JAMA. 2023;329(18):1605. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.3054
6
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Older adult falls data. September 6, 2023.