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More than half a million older Californians — 12.6 percent of the state’s senior population — fall more than once a year, but nearly 60 percent of them fail to seek medical attention afterward, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
November 20, 2014
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More than half a million older Californians — 12.6 percent of the state’s senior population — fall more than once a year, but nearly 60 percent of them fail to seek medical attention afterward, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
November 20, 2014
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Falling down is hazardous to a senior citizen's health. Yet fewer than half of all seniors see a doctor after a fall. And those who don't seek medical attention are far less likely to engage in any of the six widely recommended activities — such as a review of their medications or getting a cane or walker — that might prevent repeated falls, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
May 13, 2010
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Falling down is hazardous to a senior citizen's health. Yet fewer than half of all seniors see a doctor after a fall. And those who don't seek medical attention are far less likely to engage in any of the six widely recommended activities — such as a review of their medications or getting a cane or walker — that might prevent repeated falls, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
May 13, 2010
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One in five American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN) elders age 65 year and older have fallen multiple times in the past year, the highest prevalence of any racial group, according to a new Center fact sheet that provides the first statewide California data on AIAN elder health.
January 29, 2010
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One in five American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN) elders age 65 year and older have fallen multiple times in the past year, the highest prevalence of any racial group, according to a new Center fact sheet that provides the first statewide California data on AIAN elder health.
January 29, 2010