SPAFall Detection is a significant enhancement to Spacetalk...

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    Fall Detection is a significant enhancement to Spacetalk LIFE, incorporating breakthrough technology and considerably broadening its use-case and marketability as an assistive device.Falls are the second leading cause of accidental injury and deaths worldwide. Among the most vulnerable are adults aged 65 years+ who make up most of those who experience serious falls.


    Falls are Australia's largest contributor to hospitalised injury cases and a leading cause of injury deaths. In 2017–18, 42% of hospitalised injury cases (222,725 hospitalisations; 898 per 100,000 population) and 40% of injury deaths (5,156 deaths; 20.8 per 100,000 population) were due to falls.[1] Falls can happen to anyone at any location, but falls requiring hospitalisation are more common in older people, with more than 1 in 3 elderly Australians experiencing a fall each year.58% of hospitalisations for accidental falls (128,926 hospitalisations; 3,347 per 100,000 population) and 95% of falls causing death (4,873 deaths; 126.5 per 100,000 population) were for 65+ year olds.[2]
 
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