El Dorado County

 In 2018 there were 804 seniors treated at the Marshall ER for fall related trauma from a Ground Level Fall (GLF), which was 88% of all the senior trauma patients seen by the ER that year. This is up from the 569 patients seen the previous year.

National statistics say 40% of those who suffer a hip fracture will never live independently again.  25% will die within one year.           

Many other seniors will have a less serious fall that frightens them, which can cause a spiraling downturn due to less activity, which then decreases their strength and range of motion, which can in turn lead to another fall.