Here everyone I've met has fallen at least once. Last night at dinner somebody fell. They were singing her "Happy Birthday" when she tried to rise and just slipped to the floor. The staff gathered around and it took her a long time to get up.
Then she made her way slowly to her room with a walker.
The event caused concern all over the dining room. It was the second time someone has fallen in recent days.
We've always heard of old people falling but when it's you who has fallen that experience transforms your thinking. Suddenly you are the one at risk. And in a place like this, you are everyone.
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