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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

To identify relevant systematic reviews, we did a comprehensive search of the literature (i.e., MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, AgeLine and The Cochrane Library) for articles published between Jan. 1, 2005 ...

Proposed federal legislation that would allow Medicare beneficiaries to receive a no-cost falls risk assessment from a physical or occupational therapist as part of their annual wellness visit is a ...

As well as making recommendations on hazards in a person’s home, the updated guidance published today also covers residential care homes, hospitals and other healthcare settings in the community, for ...