A new program introduced by an aged care provider is helping prevent falls of community-dwelling older people transitioning from hospital to home.  The project, 'Being your Best', by aged care provider Bolton Clarke aims to reduce or reverse frailty by ...

The World Health Organization defines a fall as ‘an event that results in a person coming to rest inadvertently on the ground, floor, or other lower level’. Understandably, falls throughout aged care are a major concern worldwide, with an estimated ...

The go-to tool used to determine people’s risk of falling in aged care homes is “out of date” and poses a safety risk, according to researchers from Macquarie University. Experts analysed data from nearly 6000 elderly residents across 25 care ...

Experts hope that recommendations in a new technical report from the World Health Organization (WHO) will reduce global suffering and loss as a result of falls. The report, called “Step safely: Strategies for preventing and managing falls across the life-course”, ...

It might sound slightly counterintuitive at first, but Victorian researchers are suggesting that jumping might be key to helping reduce falls among post-menopausal women with osteoporosis. Key to this suggestion is the potential benefits of ‘neuromuscular power’. Published in Osteoporosis ...

Training up community care workers in falls prevention may help curb the declining number of clients taking part in preventive exercise programs, new research suggests. Study lead Dr Elissa Burton, from the School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science at Curtin ...