A comprehensive falls assessment allows a person's individual falls risk factors to be identified. This assessment is often carried out by a specialist falls service, but it can also be undertaken in ...

NICE's surveillance team checked whether recommendations in falls in older people: assessing risk and prevention (NICE guideline CG161) remain up to date. For further details about the process and the ...

Pediatric falls in hospital settings represent a significant yet largely preventable patient safety challenge. Falls can result in pain, injury and prolonged hospital stays, while also imposing ...

NICE has rubberstamped guidance aimed at reducing the number of falls among older people which GPs had previously warned may be difficult to implement. Since the consultation on draft falls guidelines ...

Thorough assessment of vulnerable patients and a range of measures to reduce risks helped cut falls on hospital wards by a quarter, concludes a report on a new falls prevention scheme. Subscribe today ...

Findings indicate an urgent need to promote PCP physician fall assessment and adoption of prevention strategies in these patients. We found that older patients treated in the emergency department for ...

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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 ...

Every second, someone somewhere in the United States takes a devastating fall, contributing to a massive $50 billion annual healthcare burden, a figure set to double by 2030 as the baby boomer ...

BENTON, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HD Nursing, the leading patient safety solution that combines predictive analytics with individualized fall and pressure injury prevention, underscores the critical need ...

Meenakshi was an active senior citizen who enjoyed her morning walks and led a busy, independent life. One morning, the 76-year-old, after finishing her daily prayers, got up to head to the kitchen.