One of the major causes for seniors losing their independence is a fall.
Recently there have been several articles just in the San Francisco Chronicle about falls - these are horrifying but unfortunately a very real risk.
Having home care assistance available such as what <franchise name removed due to franchisor legal requirement> offers is just one of a number of ways to minimize this risk.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/11/national/a062550S29.DTL
A 73-year-old woman was found dead on her bedroom floor after she apparently spent weeks unable to get up while her 82-year-old husband fed and cleaned her but did not summon help, authorities said.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/07/national/a154237S57.DTL&type=science
An 82-year-old man who slipped and fell in the bathtub of his Salt Lake City home says he was trapped there for five days.
Police in a Milwaukee suburb say they also found an elderly woman who fell in her bathtub. The 86-year-old woman from Cudahy (cud-uh-HAY') was discovered Tuesday and says she was trapped for four days. She was hospitalized, but her condition is not known.
