Death rates from falls jumped more than 70% for older adults in the last 20 years Death rates from falls among older adults have surged in the last 20 years, as the American population ages and more ...

Falls pose a significant risk to older adults, often resulting in injuries that lead to other health problems, decreased independence, and a lower quality of life. They also pose a considerable burden ...

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health care system, have published results showing that among older adults who sustained a traumatic injury ...

A fall may seem like a simple accident, but in older adults, it can be an important warning sign of declining health, balance, vision, or mobility. Geriatric specialist Natalie Sanders, DO, explains ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While physical frailty puts elderly adults at risk of falls and bone fractures, emotional distress can be the immediate trigger of some of those accidents, new research ...

When older adults fall at home, every second counts -- especially when they are alone. New research aims to cut reaction times with a human action recognition (HAR) algorithm that uses local computing ...