Falls are the leading cause of injury in adults 65 and older – with reports showing about 14 million adults fall each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

RISE (Reducing Incidence of falls with Strength and Education) workshop will be held at the Medical Center’s (DCMC) Sister ...

Disabled elderly old man patient with walking stick fall on floor and caring young assistant at nursing home, Asian older senior man falling down on lying floor and woman nurse came to help ...

This article focuses on fall prevention for the elderly and the steps you can take to stay safe. It’s a topic I never thought I’d find myself writing about—until yesterday.

We use innovative approaches to improve our understanding of the cause and prevention of falls and fall-related injuries in older adults. We conduct laboratory experiments on the dynamics of fall ...

Objective—To assess the effectiveness of exercise programmes in preventing falls ... prevention programmes. Lowering fall related injuries will reduce health care costs but there is little available ...

Objective The effect of fall prevention exercise programmes in residential aged care (RAC) is uncertain. This paper reports on an intervention component analysis (ICA) of randomised controlled trials ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that falls among older adults result in 38,000 deaths, 1 million hospitalizations, and 3 million emergency department visits each ...

A newly-funded project is claiming that new technology can detect signs of falls by older people up to 32 ... project which is aimed at health education, prevention and intervention to reduce ...

Vitamin D and calcium are essential for overall health but don’t reduce the risk of falls or ... the primary prevention of fractures in postmenopausal women and men 60 or older who live in ...