Older adults have made countless contributions and sacrifices to ensure a better life for future generations. Since 1963, communities across the country have shown their gratitude by celebrating Older Americans Month each May. This celebration recognizes older Americans for their contributions and demonstrates our nation’s commitment to helping them stay healthy and active. This year’s theme for Older Americans Month is “Safe Today. Healthy Tomorrow.” The theme focuses on injury prevention and safety to encourage older adults to protect themselves and remain active and independent for as long as possible.
Since Decatur is striving to become a lifelong community, please join us in recognizing older adults for their contributions and sacrifices by helping them stay safe with a Smart911 Safety Profile. Unintentional injuries to older adults result in at least 6 million medically treated injuries and more than 30,000 deaths every year. By signing up an older adult for Smart911 at www.smart911.com, you can help them receive the fastest and most efficient response when they call 9-1-1.
