What you need to know Falls are common in older people, and fall related injuries are a substantial cause of morbidity and ...

Falls prevention programs specifically for older adults received a major boost through the Administration for Community Living (ACL) Innovation Lab initiative. The ACL awarded 18 organizations across ...

The Weld County Area Agency on Aging is recognizing Sept. 18-22 as its annual Fall Prevention Awareness Week in an effort to help older adults learn ways to avoid a common and potentially dangerous ...

Read full article: Central Florida veteran to receive new home after crash destroyed his trailer New facility is the seventh in Florida ORLANDO, Fla. – With fall-related injuries being the leading ...

NCOA has awarded grants to 18 organizations to implement and test the effectiveness of falls prevention activities identified by the ACL Innovation Lab. These activities aim to address gaps in ...

Data sources Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, National Institute for Health Research Economic Evaluation Database, Health Technology Assessment database, Tufts Cost-Effectiveness Analysis ...

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 ...

Out of 1,527 emergency department patients ages 65 and older who suffered a head trauma associated with a ground-level fall, only about 60 percent of them followed up with their primary care physician ...

Objectives Many hospitals use fall prevention alarms, despite the limited evidence of effectiveness. The objectives of this study were (1) to identify, conceptualise and select strategies to ...

Tana Beverwyk-Abouda is hoping to offer older adults a “menu of choices” to reduce their risk of falling. For some, practicing balance might mean walking down a narrow garden path, said ...