Why do old people fall and get hurt?

[Penguin]

Why do old people fall and then are unable to get up?  I don't see people falling on a regular basis, even at the old folks home.

-Penguin

[PFactorDave]

Why do old people fall and then are unable to get up?  I don't see people falling on a regular basis, even at the old folks home.

-Penguin

Read and learn...

http://www.research.vt.edu/resmag/sc2003/whyfall.htm

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001400/

[Tac]

an additional factor to what is mentioned in those articles is that the ear bones thin at advanced age. These bones are already almost invisible to the naked eye and mass loss on them can and does affect sense of balance. An elderly person who has those bones thinning out can still walk but their ability to sense an instability in their balance (and thus their response time) is thrown off.

[bj229r]

When know-it-all, annoying kids fall, it's probably because I pushed them

[Maverick]

When know-it-all, annoying kids fall, it's probably because I pushed them

Can I watch there sonny?? 
 

[Blooz]

Gravity.

[gyrene81]

here's one for you penguin...if you lost both arms or just the use of them, how would you wipe, or would you?

[Penguin]

I wouldn't be able to, I just didn't know why old people fell so much.  Why do people flame me for asking questions?  How does it make me a know-it-all?  If I knew everything, why would I need to ask questions?

-Penguin

[grizz441]

Because they're old and frail.  

[EskimoJoe]

I wouldn't be able to, I just didn't know why old people fell so much.  Why do people flame me for asking questions?  How does it make me a know-it-all?  If I knew everything, why would I need to ask questions?

-Penguin

If you didn't need to know everything, would you then not ask questions?

[Bino]

Why do old people fall and then are unable to get up?  I don't see people falling on a regular basis, even at the old folks home.

-Penguin

Take your pick: balance issues, frail bones (osteoporosis), joint mobility (arthritis), loss of muscle tone, etc., etc., etc...

The truest words my ninety-one year old Mother-in-law ever said to me were, "This getting old business is not for the faint of heart!"

[Penguin]

Ouch, your mother-in-law has a point!  Thanks for answering another one of my questions, folks.

-Penguin

[gyrene81]

I wouldn't be able to, I just didn't know why old people fell so much.  Why do people flame me for asking questions?  How does it make me a know-it-all?  If I knew everything, why would I need to ask questions?

-Penguin

you do realize the effects of aging are all over the retardnet...if you don't like to get flamed, google.

[Masherbrum]

He landed quite a few in a relative short amount of time.   

[Penguin]

It was a legitimate question, why do you think I was trolling?

-Penguin