 One in three adults above the age of 65 fall each year and many of those falls result in hospital visits. To combat this epidemic, the Cass County Falls Prevention Task Force hosted a falls prevention workshop today. Dozens of senior citizens walk through the doors of Calvary Church to get vital information on how they can prevent a fall. Doing something as simple as making sure the floor is clear can prevent someone from suffering a fall. Falls is one of the number one emergency room visits. Ladders, very dangerous. After 50 years old be very careful on the ladders. Hip fractures are really dangerous for an elder population. They're very hard to recover from and some don't recover and some actually lose their life. It's that important that they be careful. Seniors were picking up a wealth of information from several health organizations that were at the event. Tests were given to see how vulnerable someone is to suffer a fall and there were also five demonstrations throughout the day teaching seniors simple ways they can improve their balance and strength to prevent a fall from happening. Seniors they can actually just hang on to something safe prior to kitchen countertop and just do a single like balance like every day hold it for as long as you can 10 seconds 20 seconds each leg of course and that's a very simple free balance exercise you can do at home. This was the second annual Falls Prevention Workshop and every senior who attended left with a sand shaker they will use that when getting out of their vehicles to prevent slips on the ice. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.