Fall Risk

Giving physical therapy (PT) early to people with dizziness was linked to a reduction in fall risk for the next 12 months, according to a new study. 

A new study pinpoints specific fall risk factors for people with mild cognitive impairment. The research was published in JAMDA. 

Falls among the elderly are a major problem within healthcare facilities, and this severe problem requires attention. Some proposed technological solutions include optical sensors or cameras linked to...

For some seniors, pandemic isolation has created a perfect storm of physical inactivity and deconditioning that has resulted in increased falls risk and greater fear of falling, researchers say.

Fully 22% of study participants reported a fall and about 6% had a medically serious fall within six months of hospitalization for a heart attack. Falls in these patients were linked to readily identified...

Older patients should be routinely evaluated for a symptomless cause of chronic dizziness that can raise the odds of a fall within 12 months, investigators say.

More than a quarter of older adults say they are in worse physical condition now than before the pandemic, and nearly half age 65 and older have become more afraid of falling, a new poll finds.

The percentage of older adults prescribed drugs that increase falls risk shot from 57% to 94% over almost two decades, researchers say. And fall-related deaths have more than doubled at the same time.

Substantial regional variations exist for fracture-associated drug prescriptions — and hip fracture rates — in long-term care facility residents, researchers say.

The risk of falling appears to have an outsized effect on the eight-year prognosis for dementia in cognitively healthy older adults, investigators say.