Elderly people 'staying at home for fear of falling'

A fear of falling is making many elderly people prisoners in their own homes, a survey has suggested.

More than one in five of the 500 people aged 75 and older, interviewed by the Women's Royal Voluntary Service charity, lived in fear of falling.

And 5% are so fearful that they will not leave their homes unaccompanied, the report found.

A third of them had suffered falls in recent years and a fifth of these said they had lost confidence as a result.

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