Geriatric doctor (geriatrician) consulting and diagnostic examining elderly senior adult patient (older person) on aging and mental health care in medical clinic office or hospital examination room ...

LAS VEGAS – A multidisciplinary approach that screens for multiple factors helped identify fall risk in older adults, according to researcher at the American Academy of Physician Assistants 39 th ...

For older adults, falls are the leading cause of injury. Nicole Zipperer, PT,D PT, LSVT BIG discusses how Mercy Health is here to help with their fall risk screening and balance program. Cincy ...

With falls causing millions of injuries in older adults each year, it is an increasingly important public health concern. Older adults living with dementia have twice the risk of falling and three ...

The smartphone app used data from a questionnaire and balance tests to give users an intuitive fall risk score ranging between 0 and 100, indicating low, medium, or high fall risk. A smartphone app ...

The use of physical therapy following a fall-related injury significantly reduces the rate of serious new injuries, related opioid use and healthcare costs among falls-prone patients, a new study has ...

File: Joseph Dennis (left), a volunteer with Philadelphia's Senior Companion Program, walks with James Henry, who is blind and needs assistance leaving the house. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the ...

A new study has shed light on the many and varied fall-risk factors facing older adults in community-living environments. The research examined a comprehensive set of potential fall-risk factors -- ...