DERBY — Once an older person falls, the chances of it happening again are almost twice as likely.
But an innovative fall prevention program here is bucking that statistic. So far, none of the Derby seniors who’ve been helped by the Fall Prevention Coalition have experienced a second fall.
“When we started this whole thing, I was skeptical, but we’ve had such great success so far that now I’m calling it magic,” said Derby Fire Marshal Jonathan Marr…