Health News Share Email Print Shine a light on fall prevention Falling is especially dangerous for older adults, who may be more likely to break a bone. Making sure your home has good lighting is one of the steps you can take to avoid a tumble. Here are some places around your home where you might want to add new overhead lights or install brighter bulbs. WHERE GOOD LIGHTING MAY HELP Top and bottom of stairways. Each end of hallways. Bedrooms. Bathrooms (add night-lights). Bonus tip: Keep a flashlight with fresh batteries by your bed in case the power goes out and you need to get up at night. Sources: National Council on Aging; National Institute on Aging Learn how balance exercises can also help keep you steady on your feet and less likely to fall. Reviewed 5/4/2023 Sources Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Keep on Your Feet." https://www.cdc.gov/injury/features/older-adult-falls/index.html. National Council on Aging. "6 Fall Prevention Steps to Help Your Older Loved Ones." https://www.ncoa.org/article/6-falls-prevention-steps-to-help-your-older-loved-ones. National Institute on Aging: "Preventing Falls at Home: Room by Room." https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/falls-and-falls-prevention/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.