Providence Healthcare's Falls Prevention Clinic offers education and resources to help patients prevent falls and improve ...

Screening and assessment tools have been validated in cognitively impaired older people and help to identify those at high risk of falls. Fall Prevention in Cognitively Impaired Older People In ...

The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) recently made recommended updates to the Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths and Injuries (STEADI) toolkit, focusing on fall prevention initiatives in primary care ...

By Bob ArnoldA new Brookhaven-based therapy venue is helping people improve their health by addressing balance and foot issues and making them better walkers. At a Wesson Lions Club meeting, Richard ...

Second, policymakers should pay clinicians specifically to screen for falls risk, intervene to reduce risk factors, and refer patients ... falls prevention and protect the health and safety ...

This section summarizes the findings of fall prevention trials undertaken in older individuals with cognitive impairment conducted in community, residential aged care and hospital settings.