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Originally Posted by Whatnext
I have fallen on a few occasions, mainly due to over striding on uneven ground, as with age, excess forward momentum gets harder to control. Luckily without major injury. From experience, I would also recommend learning ways to get up unassisted as well. As previously stated, old age sucks!
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My wife summed it up about as well as I've ever heard it.
"Getting old is not for sissies".
It is good that we live in such a geezer-friendly community. The Villages is designed to minimize injuries to us retirees. I've heard more than one doctor say that with advancing age, falling is the most dangerous thing to our health: it doesn't necessary kill us but if we break something, then recuperation is long and challenging, often with serious complications. TV minimizes that risk. How many steps are in your (Villages) home? Or in any of the businesses? How many public restrooms DON'T have grab bars? I'll also bet that at least one bathroom in your home has a ground-level shower with grab bars. Most doorways (homes and businesses) are wider than what you'd find outside The Villages. And so on. Plus we have a wealth of recreational opportunities and activities available to us, many tailored to persons of advanced age that provide exercise with minimal risk. It all adds up. Statistically Villagers live an average of 3.3 years longer than Florida non-Villagers (80.5 years for TV'ers compared to 77.2 years for non-Villagers).
Good place to be.