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Author
Publisher
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
As we age, our sense of balance and our vision, hearing, and cognition become less sharp. Aging-related changes greatly increase our risk of injury. In Living Safely, Aging Well, nationally recognized safety expert Dorothy A. Drago spells out how to prevent injury while cooking, gardening, sleeping, driving—and just walking around the house.
In the first part of the book, Drago describes the causes of injuries by type—falls, burns, poisoning,...