Stay Safe for Older People | Stay safe and avoid accidents

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Stay Safe for Older People is a free information and resource website signposting older people and their family, friends and carers, to the wealth of expert advice and support under one umbrella site. The contents of this continually updated site aims to help older people stay safe, remain healthy and prevent avoidable hospital admissions resulting from accidents in the home environment.

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Accident Prevention and Staying Healthy

Home safety
Managing medication

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Advice should Things go Wrong

Emergency numbers
First Aid
Support lines and organisations

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Staying in touch, avoiding Scams & Fraud

Avoiding loneliness
Staying connected
Frauds, Scams and Hoaxes
Hoarding

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Blog Articles:

Falls: All You Need to Know

by Emma Hammett | Accident Prevention and Staying Healthy

Falls are most common and most lethal among the over-65s. More than 3,500 people in England and Wales die every year following a fall and nearly a third of a million people need hospital treatment. Many older people who suffer from falls never fully recover from...

What should you do whilst waiting for an ambulance?

by Emma Hammett | News, Uncategorized

If you are first on the scene and find someone who has collapsed or had an accident, what you do in those first minutes is critical. Most ambulances aim to get to a life-threatening emergency within eight minutes. However, a lot can happen in 8 minutes, and the first...

Scams – A Dictionary

by Emma Hammett | Staying in touch, avoiding Scams & Fraud, Uncategorized

Scam Dictionary Here are a few descriptions of current and common scams to help keep you in the know. Contactless Card Scams Contactless card scams are a relatively new form of fraud, currently with low reporting figures. The rise in popularity of contactless...