Seniors: Keep your shoes on

Kicking off your shoes and lounging in slippers, socks or bare feet might be super-comfy, but for seniors it's a risky proposition. A recent study from Boston's Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, followed 765 people, ages 64 to 97, for more than two years and found that those who wore slippers, wore socks only, or went barefoot on a regular basis at home were far more likely to fall than people who kept their shoes on.

Anne Stein

September 8, 2010