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Falling accidents at home are very common and can cause serious and life-threatening injuries, so prevention of slip and trip accidents is essential in the good design of living quarters. This objective is especially important for the elderly and disabled, who may have restricted movement and be more susceptible to hazards.
Non-medical in-home care is also called companion care or unskilled care. It is a valuable service for seniors in need of household help, social interaction, or transportation to appointments. Home care is most utilized by elderly people who live alone with impairments with their activities of daily living and have low social support.
About 75-80% of all cancers in the United States are preventable, if risk factors are avoided [4] (also see (Cancer prevention). Obesity appears to be the third most important risk factor for cancer in the United States, just behind tobacco and diet (see Figure). Obesity is the source of about 15% of all preventable cancers. [5] [6] [7]
Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer, colon cancer) caused 51,783 deaths in the US in 2011. [17] About 80 percent [18] of colorectal cancers begin as benign growths, commonly called polyps, which can be easily detected and removed during a colonoscopy. Accordingly, the tabulated figure assumes that 80 percent of the fatal cancers could have been ...
Share of adults that are obese, 1975 to 2016. Obesity is common in the United States and is a major health issue associated with numerous diseases, specifically an increased risk of certain types of cancer, coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, and cardiovascular disease, as well as significant increases in early mortality and economic costs. [1]
‘I don’t have money’: Senior Miami couple forced to live in their van after their rent was hiked $400 a month — here’s why America’s elderly homeless population is soaring Danielle ...
Rates of malnutrition tend to increase with age with less than 10 percent of the "young" elderly (up to age 75) malnourished, while 30 to 65 percent of the elderly in home care, long-term care facilities, or acute hospitals are malnourished. [225] Many elderly people require assistance in eating, which may contribute to malnutrition. [224]
Lung cancer and female breast cancer have been in a neck-and-neck race for global supremacy, with the latter surpassing the former for the first time in 2020. That trend reversed itself two years ...