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 ...

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Among the best ways to prevent accidents, including slips and falls, is through prevention. Only by analyzing the statistics behind the slip and fall accidents that occur in Georgia or worldwide can ...

Cold temperatures create icy sidewalks that pose serious safety risks, causing people to fall and injure themselves during ...

Fall prevention in long-term care settings is a multifaceted field that integrates environmental modifications, engineering innovations and clinical interventions to reduce both the incidence and ...

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 ...

Participants in the 2015 National Council on Aging Falls Prevention Summit outlined four new priorities to update the Falls Free National Action Plan, the nation’s blueprint to address falls that was ...

Every second, an older person in the United States falls and injures themselves, and every 20 minutes one of them dies from the fall. More than 30 percent of adults 65 and older fall every year and 25 ...

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (CBS4) - A first-of-it's-kind program in the country is helping seniors make strides in fall prevention. Literally. Through a three week course, seniors work on fall prevention ...

Community screening and therapeutic prevention strategies may reduce the incidence of falls in older people. The effects of these measures on the incidence of fractures, the use of health resources, ...

When you enter a nursing home as a resident, you will have an almost 50% chance of falling before your next birthday. And if a nursing home has 100 beds, it would be expected to have, on average, 170 ...