The death rate from unintentional falls for adults aged 65 or more years has been increasing an average of 4.9% per year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Maplewood tests technology to improve residents’ lives, outcomes
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 06, 2017
Maplewood Senior Living has launched a new center with the goals of increasing resident independence, better managing health and wellness, broadening social connectedness and improving safety and quality...
Falls associated with higher rate of adverse events than previously thought
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 07, 2017
Newly published research offers a reason for more urgency for the prevention of falls in senior living residents and other older adults.
McKnight’s Senior Living’s Online Expo is next week
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 11, 2017
McKnight’s Senior Living’s inaugural online expo will be next Tuesday, June 20. The event will include three webinars and a virtual trade show. Those who attend the free event can earn up to...
Staffing, dementia, falls prevention are webinar topics for Expo 2017
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 04, 2017
Dementia, falls prevention and staffing will be the topics of three separate webinars during the McKnight’s Senior Living Expo 2017 on June 20. Participants in the free event can earn up to three...
Earn three CE credits from your desk at McKnight’s Senior Living’s Expo 2017
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 29, 2017
Senior living professionals will have the opportunity to earn three continuing education credits from their desktop computers or online devices June 20 at McKnight’s Senior Living’s Expo 2017.
Daughter awarded $300,000 after mother dies following fall at assisted living community
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Lois A. Bowers
May 15, 2017
A Virginia assisted living community has been ordered to pay $300,000 to the daughter of a resident who died after falling there.
Addressing foot pain may help prevent falls, hospitalizations
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 10, 2017
Addressing foot pain in older adults may lead to significantly fewer falls and hospitalizations as well as the maintenance of independence, suggests newly published research from the Hebrew SeniorLife...
Daughter seeks $1.5 million in death of mother after fall at assisted living community
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 24, 2017
A jury trial is set to begin Monday in a case brought by a woman whose mother died after a fall in the Virginia assisted living community where she lived.
Falls prevention may be aided by virtual reality in the future
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 23, 2017
Virtual reality one day might be used widely to help train older adults to improve their balance while walking and help healthcare professionals diagnose balance impairments to prevent falls, suggests...