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Tweet By Gladys Bayles-Panes, Occupational Therapist with the Visiting Nurse Service of New York  September is National Falls Prevention Awareness Month and National Falls Prevention Week , which kicks off on the first day of Fall, is the perfect time to review a few safety tips that many of us take for granted on a daily basis.  The CDC reports that one out of every four older adults has a serious fall each year, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg: One out of five falls causes serious injury like broken bones or head trauma Three million seniors are treated in emergency rooms after being injured in falls every year Over 800,000 are hospitalized after a fall, with head and hip injuries being the most common More than 95% of broken hips are the result of falls, usually by falling sideways The most common cause of traumatic brain injuries are falls In 2015, victims of falls paid more than $50 billion in medical bills As an Occupational Therapist (...

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Porter welcome students back for the first day of school at P.S. 25 in the Bronx. Monday, September 13, 2021. Photo by Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. Tweet By David Greene  Bronx Voice September 14, 2021 Many of New York City's 1.1 million school children who were sent home last March after the COVID-19 outbreak, returned to the classrooms as the city opened public schools for in-person learning on Monday, September 14. Shortly after joining Department of Education Chancellor Alicia Ross Porter at P.S. 25 on East 149 Street in the Bronx, Mayor Bill de Blasio held a press briefing at City Hall. Photo by Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office D e Blasio said, "This is the day New York City's comeback's in full force." He continued, "This morning I saw it with my own eyes at P.S. 25 in the Bronx." When asked by a reporter about parents who are holding out before sending their children ba...