IT'S good news that the Blackburn Falls Collaborative team has won a £55,000 grant to prevent elderly people from injuring themselves by falling (LET, October 20).
But what its team needs seriously to address is not just falls in the home, but falls by the elderly caused by the atrocious state of the pavements throughout Blackburn and Darwen.
Many elderly people tend not to pick up their feet properly when walking and, as a result, can easily fall on uneven surfaces.
A fall outside can be fatal to an elderly person, just as much as it can be indoors.
H HAMER, Lowther Place, Blackburn.
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