Recent guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) states that falls remain a leading cause of injury among older adults in the UK, with home hazard assessments ...

Among 57,086 older adults, new gabapentin users demonstrated lower fall-related healthcare visits than duloxetine users, with a weighted cumulative incidence of 84.44 vs 158.21 per 1000 person-years ...

Demographics: Factors linked to a higher fall risk include advancing age, white race, housebound status, and living alone. Fall history: Find out when and where falls took place, what the ...

According to a new study, an older person who is concerned about having a fall is at a significantly higher risk of having a fall in the future. Researchers say that identifying and addressing this ...

Older adults who experience falls are at a higher risk of developing dementia within a year. The study found that 10.6% of patients who fell were diagnosed with dementia compared with 6.1% with other ...

There are about 70 million baby boomers in the United States, many now over the age of 65. As people age, rates of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases rise, leading to more use of blood ...

The risk of falling and having fall-related problems increases with age. To help reduce this risk, UAB Medicine’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Falls Clinic was created to help patients ...

Inappropriate polypharmacy—the excessive or unnecessary use of multiple medications—is a major driver of emergency hospital admissions among adults aged 65 and over, according to a new study from the ...