Use of a fall prevention tool kit, which included a fall risk assessment, patient-specific prevention plan, an educational handout and a poster for over the patient's hospital bed reduced the number ...

A fall prevention program for older adults offered benefits across two health systems with varied operations, volume and staffing with similar results, according to a January study published in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The USPSTF recommended multifactorial interventions alongside exercise for fall prevention. Fall risk factors ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “The key elements of an effective fall-prevention program remain unclear, which has hampered implementation of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Mary Gillis (Reuters Health) - More efforts are needed to prevent falls among the elderly, especially those just discharged ...

Primary-care clinicians can help reduce fall-related injuries among their elderly patients by making fall prevention a priority in their practices. Falls become more common in people after age 70 ...

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, ...

Correspondence to Dr Juliana S Oliveira, Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2050, Australia; juliana.oliveira{at}sydney.edu.au Intervention Intervention ...

1 Musculoskeletal Division, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Falls among older people are an international public ...

(Reuters Health) - More efforts are needed to prevent falls among the elderly, especially those just discharged from the hospital, Australian researchers say. Older adults have a greater risk of ...