Jefferson Healthcare hosts free March 24 educational session with tips to improve balance, strength and home safety Falls are a leading cause of injury for older adults, however falls aren’t […] ...

MILWAUKEE - It's National Fall Prevention Week, and we're not discussing the season. The focus this week is to prevent older adults from falling. The Falls Prevention Coalition of Wisconsin said the ...

Older adults who started exercising after a fall in 2019 were less likely to experience a recurrent fall in the following 2 years. Those who exercised in both 2019 and 2020 were the least likely to ...

Employers nationwide are encouraged to pause work during the week of May 5–9 to raise awareness and prevent deadly falls in construction. The National Safety Council (NSC) is urging employers across ...

WESTON − Rennes Health & Rehab Center in Weston is hosting a free educational session on home safety and fall prevention. The event is scheduled for 2-3 p.m. Oct. 16 at 4810 Barbican Ave. in Weston, ...

In postacute care, we have built a quality architecture that treats falls as actionable events and functional decline as expected aging. The resulting safety-without-recovery trade-off is not a ...

As temperatures drop and daylight hours shrink, construction sites face increased fall hazards, making proper planning, equipment, and safety culture more critical than ever. Each Fall, construction ...

Falls in acute care settings represent a significant challenge to patient safety, with potentially severe physical, psychological, and economic consequences. In hospitals, falls can lead to injury, ...

Tens of thousands of employers and more than 1 million workers across the country are joining the Occupational Safety and Health Administration from June 2 - 6 in safety stand-downs to focus on saving ...

September is Fall Prevention Awareness Month, meaning it’s a time to highlight the real risks of falling that our older population can face. Medical Director of Optum New Mexico, Dr. Jaron Trost, said ...