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Death rates from falls among older adults have surged in the last 20 years, as the American population ages and more seniors prefer to live independently in their homes. New data from the Centers for ...

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of personalized preventive interventions guided by an improved Risk Assessment Form and an obstacle physical activity test in preventing falls ...

Falls in care facilities are likely reduced by: multifactorial (made up of several parts) interventions that are put in place with the help of facility staff and delivered based on residents' ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Because of a national increase in fatal falls, a national caregiver team is boosting awareness for Fall Prevention Month. Dallas Gilliam, who is the director of operations at Senior ...

The National Council on Aging (NCOA) issued an action plan that would, in part, equip providers of aging services with a single clearinghouse of information about fall prevention and support health ...

gDepartment of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy hCentre for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the Ageing Brain, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Pia ...

Fall-related deaths among Americans 65+ tripled from 1990 to 2023, reaching 41,000. Experts highlight medications acting on the nervous system as key fall-risk factors. Despite awareness and ...