Why does it seem when older folks fall and break a hip after the fall they are never the same mentally?
611410
You might be putting the cart before the horse there.  The dementia was probably there before the hip fracture, you just didn't notice it because the person was funtioning properly, more of less.\n\nTo the best of my knowledge (I am not a doctor, but I do work with the elderly), breaking a hip does not cause dimentia.\n\nDimentia can cause losing balance and breaking a hip.
1019994
People actually swell when they die. So it would be heavier to lift them. Also, there weight is not being regulated, so it makes them APPEAR heavier, when there not, there weight is just dispersed unevenly.
387084
Whether you are talking about physical or mental health (both are medical), if one is stable he/she is doing OK--the person is not in "serious" or "critical" condition.  In some cases, this person would still have to be monitored by a doctor/hospital, to insure he/she doesn't become worse (that they don't become unstable).\n\nTo be unstable, one's vital signs, etc. might be jumping up and down, or meds might not be producing improvement.  Then a hospital/doc has to be watching constantly for sure.
789370
Probably compensation for an unnatural move...it doesn't feel right, so your body tries to compensate for it.
58664
It can be congenital....aside from this, I would say it is because we use and abuse these areas over the years without giving thought until we develope arthritis.  Once we develope arthritis in these areas, the pain becomes chronic. Because we still have to use our neck, back and shoulders...we hurt.  When we were young, we had our breaks and sprains and got back to normal....we were invincible. Now we are older and we are paying for the abuse.  Invincibility?  A vague memory of yesteryear.
1087640
dude most poeple on the dance floor are thinking the same thing you are so dont sweat it go and have funn dancing before your to old and your hip falls off lol
139438
Swings mess with your inner ear which is responsible for your balance.  The same kind of thing happens on the seashore when the tide is going out.  I was once standing there looking down and I ended up on my butt.  It is one of those times when your senses play tricks on your brain.
360996
I imagine it is because an adult has more surface area than a child. If an adult's leg goes over the edge for example that is not enough to pull their entire body off. For a child it will probably cause them to slip off the bed.
213848
Adults used to be kids, and when you see brothers, sisters, or old friends, it brings you back to those times, you fall back into old habits and mannerisms from when you were younger. \n\nWe are all young at heart ;)
531592
cuz if u notice they have a flat back\nand their leg are bent at an angle of 45 degres away fom their body \nso they cant get up easily and ty to tillt sideways
190134
do you mean why? because you cut off the circulation to them. That is why some people die because of it after LONG plane rides that don't get up at all and all of a sudden they get up and drop dead. Too much blood too fast.
1101008
My personal experience doesn't match yours. The majority of activists in my area are gen X and gen "Why?". The baby boomers are all busy with hip replacements around here.
686226
Because eventually your legs fall off. \n\nJust warning you...
670355
It can happen at any age although it is most common in the elderly, because they have decreased bowel motility and tend not to take in a lot of fluids.  They would have to remove the obstruction surgically
1132808
Some boys are born athletes.  By the time they're old enough to crawl, they start walking.  At that age they're too clumsy, so they fall after taking one step.  But, being born athletes, they get up and try again.  And they get up and try again so many times, they become expert at getting up.  Some of them can learn to walk by taking one step, falling, getting back up, taking another step, etc., but at high speed, such that it seems like a smooth motion of weird walking, falling between each step, as if it were natural to walk that way.  Boys who are born athletes climb the furniture by the time they're one year old.  They jump off the furniture to the floor by the time they're two.  But two is still a clumsy age, so they often fall and hit their heads.  That's the start of what makes them stupid.  They were born very smart, but, by the time they reach their teen years, they've hit their heads a million times, and practically shattered their brains.
955523
Breaking your humerus is not unusual when you fall.  We see lots of this especially in older people whose bones are not as flexible as a younger person.  Not getting enough protein is not the cause of your bone break it was just an unlucky accident for you.  You get protein from lots of other sources besides meat so I am sure you get plenty of protein.  Eggs, dairy products and things like peanut butter are all high in protein.  Consider your break an unlucky accident and nothing more.
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Tai Chi Chuan and balance in elderly people\nScientific background\nAbout 30% of people over 65 years old sustain a fall, and this often leads to hip fracture\nand severe disability. Tai Chi (shadow boxing) is widely practised in China and has\nbeen shown to cause both physical and spiritual benefits, especially in old people. It has\nbeen noted that regular practitioners of Tai Chi seldom suffer falls and hip fractures in\nold age, probably because they have good muscular coordination and a calm\npersonality.\nAim of investigation\nTo see if the mental and physical stability and co-ordination of people regularly\npractising Tai Chi is better than that of age- and fitness-matched controls who do not\npractice Tai Chi.\nMethod\nVolunteers aged 65-80 years will be recruited who have attended sessions lasting 30\nminutes at least twice weekly for 2 years at a well-established Tai Chi school on the\noutskirts of Birmingham. This is led by a master who has a thorough understanding of\nthe philosophy of Tai Chi. Control subjects, matched for age, gender, fitness (assessed\nby pulse rate during a standard step test) and duration of regular attendance will be\nrecruited from a neighbouring keep-fit class led by a qualified physiotherapist with no\nknowledge of Tai Chi. Measurements of static postural stability, dynamic balance and\nmuscular co-ordination will be made in the Birmingham hospital rehabilitation unit by\nstaff who are blind to the treatment group of the subjects being tested. Mental state of\nparticipants (especially confidence and anxiety) will be assessed by the Minnesota\nquestionnaire: the completed forms will be sent for scoring to the hospital Department\nof Clinical Psychology. All the forms (identified only by a code number) will be scored\nindependently by two clinical psychologists who are blind to the treatment group.\nAnalysis and interpretation\nThe 5 major endpoints (postural stability, dynamic balance, muscular co-ordination,\nconfidence and anxiety) will be compared within each pair of Tai Chi and control, and\nthe results analysed by a sequential design. For each end-point, in each test-control\npair, the result will be scored positive if the test individual scores better, negative if the\ncontrol scores better, and the result is discarded if the two are exactly equal. With this\ndesign to reach a significant result (P<0.05) will require a minimum of 7 and a\nmaximum of 48 pairs to reach the top boundary (Tai Chi better) the middle boundary\n(no significant difference) or the lower boundary (control better). The hypothesis will\nbe supported if at least 3 of the 5 end-points reach the upper boundary.