Just like last year, 2021 was dominated by the coronavirus. So also like 2020, it’s not surprising that COVID-19 popped up more than once as a topic of our most-read columns this year when we examined...
Task force confirms exercise as a falls prevention strategy
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 18, 2018
Exercise or physical therapy, but not necessarily vitamin D, can help prevent falls in older adults, according to new recommendations issued Tuesday by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
Provider tests technology to help residents reduce fall risk
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 28, 2019
Eldersburg, MD-based Integrace is testing technology meant to help independent living residents assess and reduce their risks of falling.
Falls prevention is everyone’s responsibility — from care team to C-suite, speaker says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 16, 2019
From the CEO and the administrator — everyone is responsible for preventing falls and looking at what’s going on in the environment, what’s going on with residents, because they come in contact with...
CDC report details characteristics of assisted living residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 24, 2016
A new report details ADL assistance needed and other characteristics of residents of assisted living and similar residential communities.
Technology that detects falls helps reduce ED visits by 80 percent, study finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 17, 2019
An artificial intelligence-enabled camera system helped senior living communities reduce visits from emergency medical teams by 75% and visits to emergency departments by 80% by detecting falls among...
Study: Tai chi helps prevent falls
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 15, 2016
Older adults who perform tai chi are significantly less likely to have injury-causing falls compared with peers who perform lower extremity training, and the effects are long-lasting, according to new...
Falls, fractures could be reduced with coordinated care, medication review: study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 22, 2016
Better coordinated care, including a review of medications, could lower the risk of falls and fractures in older adults who already have experienced fractures, according to a commentary published Monday...
Reaction time important in falls prevention: research
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 21, 2016
Whether older adults who lose their balance can recover it and avoid falling depends not only on their lower limb strength and perception of where their limbs are but also on their reaction times, according...
Deaths from falls almost tripled from 2000 to 2016
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 05, 2019
Deaths from falls of U.S. adults aged 75 or more years are increasing, according to a study published Tuesday in JAMA.