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

Pediatric falls in hospital settings represent a significant yet largely preventable patient safety challenge. Falls can result in pain, injury and prolonged hospital stays, while also imposing ...

When Irene Hobbs saw a flyer hanging at the Highland Senior Center promoting an upcoming fall risk assessment screening event, it came at the right time. Two weeks earlier, the 78-year-old fell in her ...

Every second, someone somewhere in the United States takes a devastating fall, contributing to a massive $50 billion annual healthcare burden, a figure set to double by 2030 as the baby boomer ...

There’s a good amount of scientific evidence that functional exercises to boost leg strength and balance can be effective at preventing falls among community-dwelling older adults at an average or ...

The opioid epidemic has drawn considerable interest in the development of new prescription guidelines, practices, and restrictions to ensure the appropriate use of opioid painkillers. Meanwhile, less ...

“Another way to prevent falls is to take preemptive steps,” Gray-Waites said. “Fall-proof living areas by making sure there are handrails in areas where stairs are being used, removing clutter from ...

Correspondence to Dr Sally Hopewell, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK; sally.hopewell{at}csm.ox.ac.uk Objective ...

BENTON, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HD Nursing, the leading patient safety solution that combines predictive analytics with individualized fall and pressure injury prevention, underscores the critical need ...

Findings indicate an urgent need to promote PCP physician fall assessment and adoption of prevention strategies in these patients. We found that older patients treated in the emergency department for ...