Hip fractures are one of the most common types of fracture – which disproportionately affect women.
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Every year, about 70 per cent of long-term care residents have at least one fall, and half of those result in injury. Wearable gear and changes to living spaces aim to prevent falls and limit injury.
Breaking a bone is never a good thing, but breaking a hip is particularly bad. One in three older adults who break a hip will die within 12 months of the injury.
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Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Leeds
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Senior Research Fellow, NHMRC Career Development Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University
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PhD researcher, Nutritional Epidemiology Group, University of Leeds
