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Active Senior Citizens

Steady Steps

Preventing falls among senior citizens through home safety assessments, balance screening, and bone-health awareness.

DM Dr Sunita Menon Kochi, Kerala, India Since Jun 2025
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Overview

Possibility

Safety, empowerment, and happiness.

Purpose

To prevent elderly people from falling, sustaining injuries, and losing their independence.

Problem or opportunity addressed

A single fall often marks the point where an older person stops living independently. Most of the risk factors are identifiable and correctable before the first fall happens.

Community served

Senior citizens living independently

Senior Citizens

People over 65 living alone or with a spouse, without daily assistance.

Area:
Kochi
Age group:
65 and above
Estimated size:
1,800
Challenges:
Undiagnosed balance problems, poor home lighting, loose flooring, and low awareness of bone health.

Results & Impact

The consolidated outcomes created through this project's activities.

250 People

Senior citizens screened

Target: 500 People 50%

Updated 6 Jun 2026

40 Homes

Homes made safer

Target: 150 Homes 27%

Updated 6 Jun 2026

4 Camps

Camps conducted

Target: 12 Camps 33%

Updated 6 Jun 2026

Improved awareness of bone health among participants and their families.

Participants who attended a camp were substantially more likely to raise bone health with their own doctor at their next appointment.

Evidence: Follow-up telephone survey three months after each camp.

Activities

What the team has done, most recent first.

Workshop

Physiotherapy and balance session

Kochi 52 people reached

Group session teaching balance exercises that participants can continue at home.

Immediate outcome

52 participants learned a daily balance routine.

Community Outreach

Home safety assessments

Kochi 40 people reached

Visited homes of participants flagged during the camp to identify and correct specific hazards.

Immediate outcome

40 homes assessed. Grab rails and improved lighting recommended in 31 of them.

Camp

Bone health and fall prevention camp, Panampilly Nagar

Kochi 118 people reached

Screened attendees for balance and bone density risk factors, and gave each participant a home safety checklist.

Immediate outcome

118 senior citizens screened. Twenty-three referred for further assessment.