Falls Prevention

In senior living communities across the country, fall prevention always remains a top priority. RiverSpring Living aimed to improve its fall prevention efforts through the use of the NexStride gait device. ...

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All long-term care providers are invited in the coming week to promote falls prevention tools and best practices.

Training for falls management in skilled nursing facilities can follow a formulaic regimen. Typically, employees utilize a computer training program for routine falls education.  While this is a fairly...

Data already at worker’s fingertips can accurately predict patients’ fall risk and help nursing home caregivers better target prevention strategies.

Older adults are more likely to sustain repeated falls when frailty and cognitive impairment onset co-occur. Clinicians should take note when screening seniors for falls risk, investigators say.

Nearly half of American seniors with dementia had one or more falls in the preceding year, according to a new analysis of 2016 data. Risk factors differed between seniors with and without dementia, investigators...

Communities across the nation recently just wrapped trainings and educational initiatives focused on Falls Prevention Awareness thru the National Council on Aging. The NCOA provides a wealth of resources...

Resident falls in two long-term care facilities dropped by 43% after the installation of a dynamic lighting program tuned to natural sleep and wake rhythms.

A successful falls prevention program requires heightened healthcare provider engagement, investigators say.