Though the elderly are at risk of dying from falls and your recommendations seem valid, according the the Less Wrong survey results, virtually no LWers (who took the survey) are elderly, so the advice seems to insignificant to most LWers to be worth adding.
It may be more common than many expect, but that still doesn’t make it common. Looking at the pie chart in the article, rather few external causes of death are from falls.
Though the elderly are at risk of dying from falls and your recommendations seem valid, according the the Less Wrong survey results, virtually no LWers (who took the survey) are elderly, so the advice seems to insignificant to most LWers to be worth adding.
I’ve heard that falling in the shower is a surprisingly common cause of death for young people.
It may be more common than many expect, but that still doesn’t make it common. Looking at the pie chart in the article, rather few external causes of death are from falls.