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Fall Prevention: Who's at Risk?

, , andWendy Wood
Other Contacts: LaToya O'Neal

Release Date: 11/18/2024

DOI: 10.32473/EDIS-FY733-2005

Family and Consumer Sciences

Abstract

There are many risk factors associated with falls. Some risks are environmental, like poor lighting. Others relate to diseases people have or medications they take. It’s important to know if you are at high risk of falling. Take this quiz in this document to see if you are at risk.

About this Publication

This document is FCS2227 (la versión en español de este documento es Prevención de Caídas: ¿Quién está a riesgo? (FCS2227-Span)), one of a series of the UF/IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences. Original publication date April 2005. Revised February 2010, November 2014, and September 2024. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. © 2026 UF/IFAS. This publication is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 

How to Cite

Romero, S. (2019). Fall Prevention: Who’s at Risk? EDIS, 2005(5). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fy733-2005

Authors

Sergio Romero
Sergio Romero

MS, ATC, former ENAFS education assistant and webmaster, UF/IFAS Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, Gainesville, FL

Linda Bobroff
Linda Bobroff

professor emeritus, UF/IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Wendy Wood
Wendy Wood
Contact
Specialized Agent
University of Florida

state specialized agent IV and Extension agent IV, family and consumer sciences/food systems, Gainesville, FL

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Contacts

LaToya O'Neal
LaToya O'Neal
Contact
Specialist
University of Florida

state program leader, health and wellness Extension; and associate professor, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences

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