How Staying Social Prevents Falls and How GetSetUp Turns Connection Into Fall Protection
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When people talk about fall prevention, the focus is often on installing grab bars, attending physical therapy, or performing strength exercises at home. These steps are important, yet one important point is often overlooked and it is one of the most powerful and underutilized protective factors against falls: social connection.
Falls prevention is not just physical. It’s social, emotional, and cognitive. New data from the NCOA aligns with GetSetUp’s 2025 Active Aging Report, which reinforces what national research has long suggested: older adults who stay socially engaged are more confident in movement, more physically active, and less likely to experience the isolation that increases fall risk.
The hidden link between social connection and fall risk
Social isolation contributes directly to falls by reducing activity levels, weakening muscle strength, and increasing fear of movement. In contrast, staying socially engaged helps older adults maintain balance and stability by:
- Encouraging consistent movement, not just occasional exercise
- Supporting cognitive sharpness and reaction time, key factors in balance
- Reducing the fear of falling, which often leads to inactivity and decline
This is not theoretical. According to the 2025 Active Aging Report, 44% of older adults struggle with motivation or lack of willpower when it comes to health and wellness goals, and 23% face physical limitations that make independent activities harder. Social environments help overcome both. In the state of Michigan two old friends even reconnected with each other in a GetSetUp cooking class after 40 years. Many GetSetUp learners even have met up with other learners, including groups in Michigan, showing the real impact of of socialization on mobility.
What GetSetUp data reveals about connection and movement
In 2024, more than 2 million older adults in the US participated in over 4 million live and on-demand GetSetUp classes, many focused on balance, strength, mobility, and injury prevention.
The most-attended classes included:
- Easy Hip Exercises for Injury Prevention (70,00+ attendances)
- Better Balance in Minutes (62,000+ attendances)
These aren’t just popular: they’re preventative. And they’re social.
The Active Aging Report shows that:
- 46% of learners engage in physical activity daily, and another 38% a few times per week, often through guided, group-based sessions
- 35% of learners report feeling less lonely since joining GetSetUp, a critical factor given that loneliness is associated with increased fall risk
- 80% say GetSetUp helps them live independently longer, a core goal of fall prevention efforts nationwide
For many learners, movement doesn’t happen in isolation: it happens in community.
Why social engagement improves balance and confidence
Social participation strengthens fall prevention in three key ways:
1. Movement becomes routine
Unlike sporadic exercise, socially driven activities create structure. Live classes, recurring sessions, and peer accountability encourage older adults to move regularly and safely.
2. Confidence replaces fear
Fear of falling often leads to reduced movement. GetSetUp learners report increased confidence not just physically, but emotionally, supported by peers and Guides who model safe, achievable movement.
3. Mental engagement supports physical stability
Falls are often caused by delayed reaction time or reduced spatial awareness. Learning, conversation, and problem-solving, all core to GetSetUp’s social model, help maintain cognitive health that supports balance.
Why this matters for communities, health plans, and aging partners
Falls are among the most costly and preventable health risks for older adults. GetSetUp’s data shows that socially driven, digitally accessible prevention strategies scale effectively, especially for adults who are homebound, rural, or living alone, nearly 29% of surveyed learners.
Through partnerships with 100+ government agencies, including Area Agencies on Aging and Medicare plans, GetSetUp supports:
- Preventative fall programming without transportation barriers
- Reduced isolation, a known driver of higher health care utilization
- Alignment with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Administration for Community Living (ACL), and state Master Plans on Aging focused on independence and aging in place
Notably, 47% of surveyed learners stated that without GetSetUp, they would not have a learning resource for aging, health, and wellness, underscoring the platform’s role as a prevention infrastructure, not just a class library.
Fall prevention starts with connection
Falls prevention works best when it’s embedded into daily life, and not treated as a one-time intervention. Social engagement creates the conditions for movement to be safer, more consistent, and more sustainable.
Through live classes, peer-led discussions, and shared routines, GetSetUp helps older adults:
- Move more
- Fear less
- Stay independent longer
Fall prevention doesn’t start with fear. It starts with a connection, and data shows that the connection works.
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