Proposed legislation making two "critical changes" to the Medicare program could save millions of dollars annually by preventing hospitalizations for older adults who fall, according to professional ...
Purpose. The influence of medications and diagnoses on fall risk in psychiatric inpatients was evaluated. Methods. In this retrospective case–control study, psychiatric inpatients age 18 years ...
A bidirectional relationship exists between physical activity and falls from midlife to older age, showed a recent study.
The balance and fall risk assessment service at the Unified Clinics provides a computerized posturography (CP), cognitive assessment, and a series of fall risk tests. The assessment takes a little ...
The adjusted likelihood for an injurious fall in adults with COPD was elevated with a fall-risk increasing drug prescription, ...
Groundbreaking study reveals how falls may signal or worsen dementia in seniors, offering crucial insights for families navigating aging loved ones' care.
"Our study compared the number of falls in the two years prior to death in people with COPD who used fall-risk increasing drugs to those with COPD who did not use these drugs. We found that the ...