ORANGE PARK, Fla. – One Orange Park doctor says the number of cases of people falling and being treated at hospitals is significantly increasing. Most of the falls are happening at people’s homes.
“People are getting older, people are living longer, too,” said Dr. Steven Goodfriend, who is an emergency medicine physician at HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital. “When you have that, there are just higher risks of falls.”
Falling is one of the leading causes of death or serious injury for adults 65 years and older, according to the CDC…