An eight-week backward walking program showed promising improvements in balance, gait, and brain structure in people with multiple sclerosis, suggesting a potential new physical therapy approach.
For healthy older patients, an aspirin a day does not reduce fracture risk and might increase the risk for serious falls.
Despite prevention efforts, falls increase by about 1.5% annually, with wide variations in incidence based on geography, a study suggests.
The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) and Palarum LLC have entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement Program (CRADA) to evaluate the Palarum PUP (Patient is UP) Fall Prevention System designed to reduce inpatient falls.
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A nurse-managed, individually tailored falls prevention plan administered for at least 20 months did not significantly reduce risk of serious fall injuries in older adults aged 70 and over who were at high risk for falls, findings from the STRIDE trial, reported recently in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggest.
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While COVID-19 has highlighted the need to improve standards in long-term care facilities, addressing issues related to safe mobility is also key to improving seniors’ quality of life, Simon Fraser University researchers suggest, in a media release.
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Low physical function and low muscle mass after hip fracture increased the risk for accelerated bone deterioration in older hip fracture patients. Acknowledgement of the risk factors is important for bone health and overall recovery, according to researchers.
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Senior citizens who are not vitamin D deficient have a better chance of walking after hip fracture surgery, according to a Rutgers-led study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
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The physical and financial cost of falls is staggering, but risk assessment, lifestyle adjustments and home modifications mean falling does not have to be a fact of aging, Donna Bainbridge, PT, EdD, AT-Ret, shares in this feature.
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What is often preventable but costs Medicare and Medicaid $37.5 billion annually? The answer: falls and subsequent injuries to beneficiaries, according to Medpage Today.
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Hospitals face financial penalties, and nurses and aides get blamed or reprimanded, if a hospitalized patient falls. To try to avoid this, hospitals are producing an “epidemic of immobility” in that patients who could benefit from activity are told not to get up on their own, Washington Post reports.
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TSG Innovation Lab announces its strategic partnership with Nymbl Science, a digital health company specializing in fall prevention.
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Caring.com, a website that offers senior living reviews, announces its list of the best walk-in tubs for 2019. The guide identifies 12 walk-in tub companies based on safety features, style, installation, warranty, pricing, and more.
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By emphasizing personalized fall prevention before discharge, especially for at-risk patients, hospitals could improve patients’ recovery and mobility, and minimize costly fall-related penalties, suggest findings from a recent study conducted by the University of Michigan and published in JAMA Network Open.
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