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Published Date: 16 February 2009
A PROGRAMME has been launched to educate elderly people on the risks of falling on icy pavements.
The scheme was introduced in response to the high number of people who reported to casualty having slipped on the Lothians' pavements in recent years.

In Midlothian, pensioners will be given exercise regimes to improve balance, advice on hazards both indoor and outdoor, and about what to do after a fall.

The NHS Lothian Stepping Into Midlothian programme, which lasts for seven weeks, will also build confidence in those who are reluctant to go out after a fall.

Health board physiotherapist Lynsay Halliday said: "The importance of the Stepping Into Midlothian service is clear from the scale of the problem.

"It is estimated that one in three adults over the age of 60 will have a fall of some kind in any given year, and this number rises for those aged 80-plus.

"Not everyone who falls injures themselves, but injury is just one of the possible consequences of a fall. Falls can also result in loss of mobility, loss of confidence and a fear of falling again."

For more information on the programme phone Ms Halliday on 07876 217 177.





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  • Last Updated: 16 February 2009 11:04 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Care for the Elderly
 
1

john3,

16/02/2009 11:57:30
They could grit the pavements???
2

nSyratzcGlaw,

16/02/2009 12:12:33
OAPS by definition have been around for at least 65 years and understand the risk of slidey pavements.

If we have to pay people money to educate them on this , may i suggest that scotland is totally knackered and full of idiots.
3

Alternative (High-Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 16/02/2009 12:20:37
"A PROGRAMME has been launched to educate elderly people on the risks of falling on icy pavements..."

I'm quite sure that elderly people will be more than aware of the fact that if a pavement has ice on it, it will be slippery. The nannies are of course forgetting that the elderly to which they refer would have grown up in an age when there was a requirement to think for yourself and as such, they will be used to doing so. they won't need busibodies to do their thinking for them.
4

reader,

Edinburgh 16/02/2009 12:24:38
Mind boggling! On that matter, in Germany it is compulsory for residents and businesses to clear the pavement outside their home from snow in the morning. Therefore snow is seen as less of a catastrophe than in the UK and life goes on largely as normal when it snows.
5

nSyratzcGlaw,

16/02/2009 12:30:05
4 thats a clever thing.
6

Voice o reason,

Innerspace 16/02/2009 12:49:48
Hmmm,

Teaching yer Granny tae suck eggs??
7

LUVMACITY,

IN THE LOBBY 16/02/2009 13:10:18
There used to be a local bylaw which stipulated that you clear the front of your home but I believe that was rescinded a few years ago . Fools.
8

Logie Almond,

16/02/2009 13:14:51
#7, you are right, this bye-law and a lot of others were abolished by the Conservative government in the early 1990s.
9

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16/02/2009 15:45:12
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10

is it me?,

Edinburgh 16/02/2009 20:29:21
Shouldn't they be paying these older folk to teach younger people about the risks of falling ?

1 Don't walk on ice. It's slippy.
2 Try not to have more than 20 pints before venturing oot.
3 If you do fall, try to hold your kebab/fish supper up in the air for its own safety.
4 Try not to land on your carry oot. Otherwise, check immediately for damp patches. If it's blood, it's OK.
5 If anyone comes to your assistance, keep a tight grip on your purse/wallet and say, 'naw, it's awright son/hen; A've done this thoosands o' times'.
11

Douglas,

Bathgate 16/02/2009 20:35:51
A change from falling through the cracks I suppose.
12

is it me?,

Edinburgh 16/02/2009 20:50:37
Douglas
That's far too arcane. That simple sentence has so many meanings it's wasted here.
13

im brian and so is my wife,

edinburgh 16/02/2009 21:24:07
too late sh snow+icy pavmeant=1 broken ankle
8 weeks in plaster
no salt or grit used
14

im brian and so is my wife,

edinburgh 16/02/2009 21:25:13
#13 typo fresh snow

 

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