FALLING IN OLD AGE: RISK AND PREVENTION

This article discusses the issue of falls in old age. The main purpose of the study was to assess the incidence of falls in elderly patients and the arrangement of their apartments, as a factor affecting the fall. Senile asthenia was detected in 31.8%, preasthenia - in 54.5% of patients 60 years and older, and the presence of a positive correlation of senile asthenia and falls indicates the need for close attention to this category of patients, because they are at high risk of falls and subsequent complications. In 50% of patients when assessing the arrangement of apartments there were more than 10 factors that increase the risk of falls.