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As people age, the risk of death or injury from hyperthermia, hypothermia, frostbite and drowning increases. Thin skin, chronic illness, diabetes, medications and other factors can put the elderly in jeopardy beyond what a younger person would experience in the same situation. This video resource teaches how to recognise conditions that put elders at risk--such as hot and cold weather, poverty, bathtubs and hot tubs, and the use of alcohol--and shows how to correct the hazards that can lead to temperature related illness and drowning.