Falls are one of the most common reasons older adults are treated in the emergency department, and many patients are discharged home the same day. That transition can be a vulnerable moment, ...

Falls are one of the most common reasons older adults are treated in the emergency department, and many patients are discharged home the same day. That transition can be a vulnerable moment, ...

Each year, more than one in four adults 65 years and older experience a fall. Nationally, that adds up to 3 million emergency department visits, 1 million hospitalizations and 32,000 deaths. Here in ...

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 ...

Area residents can trade in small throw rugs for free coffee throughout March as part of a community effort aimed at ...

The Allen Fire Department is aiming to reduce falls and fall-related calls by 20% over the next three years through its Steady Together initiative, which launched in January, Community Safety and ...

The findings come from the GAPcare II trial, "Emergency Department Visit Outcomes of a Multicenter Randomized Trial of a Fall Prevention Intervention," which was published in Academic Emergency ...