The statistics on falls are sobering: 28 percent of traumatic brain injuries are caused from falls; in 2001, 121 kids under the age of 14 died from falls; over 80 percent of falls by toddlers occur in the home; 16,000 older adults died from falls in 2005. Granted, not all recorded falls are on stairs … Continue reading Making the Stairs and Staircase in Your Home Safer