Omaha, NE, is drawing attention to the critical link between vision correction and injury prevention in older adults with the ...

Medicare beneficiaries would receive a no-cost falls risk assessment from a physical or occupational therapist under a new ...

Leo Mathew, physiotherapist and rehabilitation service lead at Nellsar Care Homes, has shared some helpful tips on how to ...

Werner, Co. issued a recall for around 120,000 multi-purpose ladders due to locking mechanisms jamming, increasing the risk ...

A new 30-second balance test is identified as an effective tool for predicting fall risk in middle-aged and older adults.

It’s hard to know if you’re at risk of suffering from a fall. However, a recent study led by researchers at the Mayo Clinic found that one fitness test can help determine your fall risk: the ...

Without proper monitoring, even the healthy and active “younger old” can suffer a bad spill, experts say.

But falls are often preventable. There are three steps you can take to reduce your fall risk, yet continue to have an active and fulfilling lifestyle at the same time. Focus on healthy lifestyle ...

Fall factors Age itself puts seniors at greater risk for falls, and the process starts sooner than you might think. After the age of 30, we naturally start losing 3-5 percent of our muscle mass ...

A new study from researchers in Drexel University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions, has shed light on the many and varied fall-risk factors facing older adults in community-living ...

There was no difference between the intervention and control groups when it came to the risk for first fracture (HR = 0.97; 95% CI, 0.87-1.06), but aspirin was significantly associated with an ...