Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover transformation and innovation across the health care industry. Each year, millions of older adults experience falls, ...

Patient safety is a top priority in healthcare, and one of the biggest challenges hospitals face is preventing falls. These accidents can lead to longer hospital stays and even serious injury.1 While ...

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 ...

Alexandra Narvaez, DPT, of Physical Therapy at St. Luke’s, shares insights on assessing general balance and fall risk in this Community Connection segment. She explains how factors such as age, ...

Losing your balance can be an unsettling experience. If you fall, it can be dangerous as well. And unfortunately, falls and fall-related injuries are common occurrences. According to the World Health ...

In a recent study published in Nature Medicine, a group of researchers evaluated the effectiveness of home-based cognitive and exergame step training interventions compared with a control group in ...

Disabled elderly old man patient with walking stick fall on floor and caring young assistant at nursing home, Asian older senior man falling down on lying floor and woman nurse came to help support A ...

Objective The effect of fall prevention exercise programmes in residential aged care (RAC) is uncertain. This paper reports on an intervention component analysis (ICA) of randomised controlled trials ...

The Council told Island News it wanted to acknowledge Michaels' many accomplishments and contributions to the field of fall prevention. Select whether each of the following should be a major factor, ...