When Luisa (not her real name), a hale and healthy sexagenarian, hit her head on the floor after falling off her favorite folding chair, her daughter contacted me immediately to ask if she should be ...

AI technology is changing senior care, boasting a significant reduction in falls at Park Senior Villas – La Cañada. Helpany’s ...

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Inadequate fruit and vegetable intake significantly increases the risk of injurious falls in older adults, particularly in ...

In 2024, about 3 million seniors went to the hospital due to complications from falls. Most had no protective system to ...

There has been an increase in the number of falls over the years, especially in the age group of 65 and older.

How do you prevent falls? For older adults who have experienced a fall, it would be useful to consult a geriatrics or fall prevention program. These are multi-disciplinary clinics designed to ...

An exercise intervention aimed at elderly women was successful at reducing falls, especially among those with polypharmacy, a new study shows.

Polypharmacy was defined as the regular use of four or more medications. Our findings suggest that, in order to enhance fall prevention in the elderly population, efforts to increase physical activity ...

"Our findings suggest that, in order to enhance fall prevention in the elderly population, efforts to increase physical activity should be targeted specifically at those using multiple medications ...

Ambulatory clinic settings pose unique challenges to mitigating patients’ fall risks, but these interventions can help ensure patient safety.

The WHO Global Report on Falls Prevention in Older Age warned that falls may result in a “post-fall syndrome” characterized by dependence, confusion, immobilization, and depression ...