Remembering When is a program developed by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), The program is designed to help reduce risks to older adults that may result from fires or preventable falls.
At age 65, older adults are twice as likely to be killed or injured by fire compared to the population at large. By age 75, that risk increases to three times that of the general population and to four times by age 85.
Fire and burns are not the only hazards that threaten our older citizens. Statistics from the CDC show that falls are the leading cause of death from unintentional injury in the home. Thirty percent of people age 65 and older are involved in falls each year - some of those falls are fatal, while others permanently disable victims, often causing loss of mobility or independence.
