Individuals who have experienced a recent fall or are having difficulty with balance may receive a fall risk assessment from a healthcare professional. Medicare covers these assessments during ...

The smartphone app used data from a questionnaire and balance tests to give users an intuitive fall risk score ranging between 0 and 100, indicating low, medium, or high fall risk. A smartphone app ...

A review that examined fall risk assessment tools for hospitalized older adults was somewhat inconclusive. Because of data limitations in the studies assessed, it was not clear which tools work best.

SÃO PAOLO, Brazil — Falls among older adults aren’t just common, they’re deadly. According to the World Health Organization, falls rank as the second leading cause of injury-related death for people ...

Frailty nurse specialist Linda Nazarko advises nurses in general practice and the community on prevention of falls in ...

A new study suggests that applying a deep learning algorithm to routine abdominal CT scans could help identify fall risk ...

Collaboration designed to drive measurable return on investment ("ROI") for health plans by reducing falls and improving outcomes for high-risk populations, including those with obesity and Medicare ...

A new study from the University of Oxford demonstrates how clinicians could use data to predict the risk of falls in people with Parkinson's disease (PD) to help improve effective longer term care ...