Patient & Caregiver Resources | STEADI - Older Adult Fall Prevention

Key findings used in wiki

• Falls are common and consequential for older adults: CDC reports more than one in four older adults fall each year, and about 41,000 older-adult fall deaths annually (roughly 112 per day) — used only as the scale justification for taking fall prevention seriously, not as a per-caregiver risk estimate.
• CDC publishes a dedicated caregiver brochure ("Family Caregivers: Protect Your Loved Ones from Falling") and a printable "Check for Safety" home fall-prevention checklist, plus a footwear/footcare fact sheet — supports pointing caregivers to a free, structured checklist rather than inventing one.
• Footwear and foot care are named as a distinct, checkable fall-risk factor alongside home hazards.