Home Depot, Loweâs, and Sears may sell the most large appliances in the U.S.âand Walmart the most small onesâbut they arenât necessarily customer favorites.
1 Falls are the leading cause of death due to injury among the elderly 87% of all fractures in the elderly are due to falls.  Falls account for 25% of all hospital admissions, and 40% of all nursing home admissions 40% of those admitted do not return to independent living; 25% die within a year.
Although the flu and pneumonia are not chronic conditions, these infections are among the top seven causes of death in people over age 65, at 104 per 100,000 adults a year. Seniors are more vulnerable to these diseases and less able to fight them off.