Since january 1st of this year, people over 65 years old had a fall in Europe, sometimes with serious consequences.
Since january 1st of this year, people over 65 years old had a fall in Europe, sometimes with serious consequences.
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Carpets and bedside rugs are well known to be responsible for numerous falls. There is less talk about electric wires, from the telephone, the television, the computer, etc. Yet they prove to be as dangerous when they go across a room, a corridor, or stick out from behind the night table.
>> Remove all unnecessary rugs or else move them to an area where there is less coming and going (under a piece of furniture), sticking them to the ground (double-sided adhesive tape).
>> Bring all electric wires together and fix them along the wall in a raceway or on the ground under a sill nosing for instance.
