Some senior individuals believe they can handle care concerns independently, while others do not want to admit they are becoming older or being labeled as "weak." This has led to more than a quarter of aged persons keeping a fall they had at home a secret from friends and family.
The provider of the Connected Care Platform, Anthropos, commissioned a study of 2,000 people aged 65 and older. When asked why they kept it a secret, 26% of respondents said they could handle any care issue independently, 16% didn't want to be labeled as "vulnerable," and 18% didn't want to acknowledge they were getting older.

A little less than a third (28%) of adults aged 65 and older have attempted to keep their loved ones in the dark regarding their requirement for some form of care help.
Family members are not told some things to prevent "burdening" them.

Thirty-nine per cent of respondents confessed that to save their loved ones the stress of being burdened by their emotions; they would keep those emotions a secret from those closest to them.

These secrets are not restricted to the occurrence of falls; instead, the other most typical concerns include decreased mobility, changes in toileting habits, forgetfulness, trouble sleeping, and loss of balance.
"Considering there are 11 million people who are 65 and over, the research brings it home just how prevalent these problems are," said Jim Patience, chief executive officer of Anthropos, concentrating on passive fall identification without the need for wearable devices. Anthropos was founded on the idea of detecting falls passively without the use of worn devices. If we generalize these data throughout the UK, it may show that almost 2.6 million individuals fall each year, with 686,000 notifying anybody about it. It fits with the more significant trend that we've uncovered: that so many elderly individuals are disguising concerns about their care. We hope that adults of all ages will examine how these findings may assist calm and sympathetic dialogues with older persons regarding all care problems, from falls to forgetfulness.

More than 22,000 people aged 65 and older are admitted to hospitals annually due to injuries sustained in falls.
Joint discomfort (13% of those who have fallen) and items on the floor (11% of those who have fallen) are the following two most significant factors in accidents after reduced mobility (14% of those who have fallen). Approximately a quarter of those who have fallen say it was because they had less mobility.

According to research released by the government not too long ago, the yearly cost of fragility fractures resulting from falls with "reduced force" is expected to be £4.4 billion. According to the Public Health Outcomes Framework, more than 22,000 emergency hospital admissions each year are the consequence of falls among adults over the age of 65.

A fifth of respondents stated that their relatives and friends were aware of what they were up to, even if they had made efforts to conceal it from them. Eighty-three per cent of this group reported that they had the sensation that a weight had been removed off their shoulders after disclosing their secret to family members.

Some senior individuals believe they can handle care concerns independently, while others do not want to admit they are becoming older or being labeled as "weak." This has led to more than a quarter of aged persons keeping a fall they had at home a secret from friends and family.
The provider of the Connected Care Platform, Anthropos, commissioned a study of 2,000 people aged 65 and older. When asked why they kept it a secret, 26% of respondents said they could handle any care issue independently, 16% didn't want to be labeled as "vulnerable," and 18% didn't want to acknowledge they were getting older.

A little less than a third (28%) of adults aged 65 and older have attempted to keep their loved ones in the dark regarding their requirement for some form of care help.
Family members are not told some things to prevent "burdening" them.

Thirty-nine per cent of respondents confessed that to save their loved ones the stress of being burdened by their emotions; they would keep those emotions a secret from those closest to them.

These secrets are not restricted to the occurrence of falls; instead, the other most typical concerns include decreased mobility, changes in toileting habits, forgetfulness, trouble sleeping, and loss of balance.
"Considering there are 11 million people who are 65 and over, the research brings it home just how prevalent these problems are," said Jim Patience, chief executive officer of Anthropos, concentrating on passive fall identification without the need for wearable devices. Anthropos was founded on the idea of detecting falls passively without the use of worn devices. If we generalize these data throughout the UK, it may show that almost 2.6 million individuals fall each year, with 686,000 notifying anybody about it. It fits with the more significant trend that we've uncovered: that so many elderly individuals are disguising concerns about their care. We hope that adults of all ages will examine how these findings may assist calm and sympathetic dialogues with older persons regarding all care problems, from falls to forgetfulness.

More than 22,000 people aged 65 and older are admitted to hospitals annually due to injuries sustained in falls.
Joint discomfort (13% of those who have fallen) and items on the floor (11% of those who have fallen) are the following two most significant factors in accidents after reduced mobility (14% of those who have fallen). Approximately a quarter of those who have fallen say it was because they had less mobility.

According to research released by the government not too long ago, the yearly cost of fragility fractures resulting from falls with "reduced force" is expected to be £4.4 billion. According to the Public Health Outcomes Framework, more than 22,000 emergency hospital admissions each year are the consequence of falls among adults over the age of 65.

A fifth of respondents stated that their relatives and friends were aware of what they were up to, even if they had made efforts to conceal it from them. Eighty-three per cent of this group reported that they had the sensation that a weight had been removed off their shoulders after disclosing their secret to family members.