Falls are the most common cause of injuries and injury-related deaths across the lifespan. Falls can be especially devastating for older adults, causing over 90% of hip fractures, and up to 80% of ...

Objective—To assess the effectiveness of exercise programmes in preventing falls (and/or lowering the risk of falls and fall related injuries) in older people. Design—A review of controlled clinical ...

Falls are the leading cause of injury for people over the age of 65. But those falls can be preventable and this program aims ...

Falls are the leading cause of injury in adults 65 and older – with reports showing about 14 million adults fall each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

At Sanford Health’s emergency room, officials report seeing hundreds of patients with fall-related injuries each winter, primarily fractures and traumatic brain injuries. This year, the number ...

Photo by Marvin Fong. Falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries among older adults — even those who are fit and active. Each year, 1 in 4 Americans over 65 years old fall ...

older adults are especially at risk, with unintentional falls being a major cause of TBI-related death. American Indian or Alaska Native people also have higher rates of these fatal injuries ...

older adults who experience injurious falls are more likely to develop dementia within a year of their accident compared to people of the same age who have other kinds of physical injuries.