Falls and their subsequent outcomes are serious health threats for older adults. An estimated one-third of all people age 65 years and over who live at home fall each year; over one-half to two-thirds ...

BLOOMINGTON, MN--(Marketwired - August 10, 2015) - MatrixCare®, provider of the industry leading EHR for long-term care and senior living providers, today announced that the Johns Hopkins Fall Risk ...

We selected the Sherrington et al. 2014 study for a full commentary because it indicates that single interventions of home-based lower limb balance and muscle strengthening exercises in older people ...

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 ...

Patients' risk of falling in the next 12 months could be predicted from their NHS data using a newly developed calculator. eFalls is a falls prediction model which uses routinely available primary ...

Falls among seniors are a major global health concern, ranking as the second leading cause of mortality worldwide, according to the World Health Organization's 2021 report. The staggering statistics ...

Epic is developing a clinical decision tool called "STEADI" (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries), expected to be ready by the end of this year. The tool is based on CDC guidelines for falls ...

Quantitative Timed Up Go (QTUG) measures gait and mobility using body‑worn sensors during a standard Timed Up and Go (TUG) test. It produces an objective assessment of mobility, falls risk and frailty ...

A national audit of inpatient falls, published by the Royal College of Physicians in October this year, features data on nearly 5,000 patients aged 65 and over, across 170 hospitals in England and ...