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Australian chef and food icon, and recent champion of improving meals served to aged care residents, Maggie Beer is recovering from a serious fall at her home, during which she sustained bone fractures.
Doctors expect the popular food personality, 79, to make a full recovery.
Ms Beer lives at a farm in South Australia’s Barossa Valley, and in a social media post, her family said, “Thankfully Col, her husband, was there and she is now in the excellent hands of her doctors who are confident she will make a full recovery.”
The incident is a reminder that falls can be a dangerous part of ageing, as the body becomes less flexible, less stable, weaker, and brittle.
There are many things we can do to prevent falls and enhance recovery, with regular exercise and good nutrition being important.
The National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) has highlighted Ms Beer’s fall to communicate practical information about these prevention strategies.
In a sympathetic “open letter” to Ms Beer, NARI clinician researcher and falls prevention expert, Associate Professor Frances Batchelor, expressed her sadness at hearing about the fall.