Benefits & Statistics

Statistics Per the CDC:

Each year 3 million older adults (65 and older) fall and only half of them report it to their doctor.
Each day 370 people are injured in a bathroom fall making the bathroom the second most dangerous room in a home.
79% of bathroom falls are bathroom related injuries are by age 65 and older.
Once a person is 85 and older the odds of a bathroom incident increasingly greatly each year of life.
One out of five falls in the bathroom cause serious injury such as broken bones or a head injury such as a concussion.
More than 95% of hip fractures are cased by falling sideways in the shower or bathtub.
over 800,000 patients a year a hospitalized because of a falling injury.
CDC last review May 12, 2023

Benefits:

Better than a grab bar as its always there and at the most helpful height.
Typically if you are falling its unusal to have the grab bar be in the place you need or at the right height.
Most people will naturally grab the shower curtain to catch their fall which it does not since its not created to hold that kind of weight.