{"id":64381,"date":"2023-03-13T14:14:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T18:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=64381"},"modified":"2023-06-08T16:03:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T20:03:05","slug":"dr-kistler-to-washington-post-falls-and-older-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/dr-kistler-to-washington-post-falls-and-older-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Kistler to Washington Post: falls and older adults"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3470\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 209px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/geriatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1287\/2022\/06\/christine-kistler-scaled-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Christine Kistler, MD, MASc\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Christine Kistler, MD, MASc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the CDC, roughly 1 in 4 Americans 65 and older experience falls annually. The CDC also says that falls are the leading cause of injury and death in this age group.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/geriatrics\/people\/christine-kistler-md-masc\/\">Dr. Christine Kistler<\/a> (Associate Professor in Geriatric and Family Medicine) recently spoke to the Washington Post about the seriousness of falls for older adults. She said, \u201cFor the elderly, a fall is a life-changing and potentially life-ending event.\u201d Kistler said that a fall that&#8217;s a noninjury in your forties can be far more serious in your eighties.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/2023\/03\/09\/fall-risk-older-adults-prevention\/\">Read more about falls and older adults in the Washington Post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the CDC, roughly 1 in 4 Americans 65 and older experience falls annually. 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