Health News Share Email Print 5 ways to make your home safer from falls Toddlers may take a tumble with no harm done. But that's not always the case for adults, particularly older ones who are at high risk for a serious injury or even death from a fall. How to fall-proof your home Most falls happen at home: To make falling less of a danger: Remove loose rugs. Make sure all stairs have handrails, preferably on both sides. Keep things bright with enough light. Clear clutter from any place you walk. Equip tubs and showers with grab bars. Reviewed 8/15/2023 Sources Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Facts About Falls." https://www.cdc.gov/falls/facts.html. National Institute on Aging. "Falls and Fractures in Older Adults." https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/falls-and-fractures-older-adults-causes-and-prevention. National Institute on Aging. "Preventing Falls at Home: Room by Room." https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/preventing-falls-home-room-room. Related stories Health information main Health tools go Select a health topic ADHD Aging Alcohol use disorder Allergies Alternative medicine Alzheimer's disease Arthritis Asthma Babies Backs Bladder Bones Brain Breast cancer Cancer Cancer prevention Caregiving Cervical cancer Children and parenting Cholesterol Colds Colorectal cancer Coronavirus Dental care Depression Diabetes Disaster preparedness Down syndrome Ears Eating disorders Emergencies End of life/Palliative care Environmental health Epilepsy Eyes Fall prevention Family and relationships Feet Fitness and exercise Flu Food safety Hair Headache Health assessments Health calculators Healthcare Heart attack Heart health Hepatitis Hernia High blood pressure Hips HIV/AIDS Holiday health Hormones Imaging Incontinence Joints Kidneys Knees Leukemia Liver Lung cancer Lungs Medications Men's health Menopause Mental health Multiple sclerosis Nails Nose Nutrition Obesity Oral cancer Ovaries Pain Parkinson's disease Pets Pneumonia Pregnancy Prostate cancer Rehabilitation Reproductive health Safety School health Sexuality Sexually transmitted infections Skin Skin cancer Sleep Smoking Sports injuries Stomach pain Stress and anxiety Stroke Substance use disorder Summer safety Surgery Teen health Throat Thyroid Travel Vaccines Vascular health Violence Vitamins and supplements Weight management Winter health Women's health Workplace health Wound care i Providers Family Medicine Geriatric Medicine Internal Medicine Orthopedic Surgery i Services Home Health Services Community Alternatives Program RSS If you have questions or comments, please contact Randolph Health. Problems reading or opening a page? Legal restrictions and terms of use applicable to this site.