Prevent Elderly Falls!

No one wants to fall, but the elderly are more vulnerable to doing so and suffering and injury if they do.  Here are some helpful posts and research that will help to prevent them from falling.

Research model may one day 'inoculate' elderly against slip ...

The study furthered the understanding of how the brain develops fall prevention strategies that can be generalized to a variety of conditions. The research could eventually help people, including the elderly, for whom falling is an ...

Fall Prevention and Balance Concerns - How Home Physical Therapy ...

Elderly everyday are facing limitations in their quality of life as their ability to walk, dress, bathe, shop, pay bills, and prepare meals can become very limited. Falls are another significant concern for older adults. ...

Small Fall Prevention Study Shows Interesting Results

One of the biggest problems for the frail elderly is fall risk. This study used younger participants because the investigators wanted to see if learning how to “not fall” in one setting could be quickly applied in another. Medpage Today ...

More Fall Prevention Support For Seniors

March 31, 2009 -. VICTORIA – The Province is launching more resources to prevent seniors from falls, one of the greatest injury risks that BC seniors face, announced Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Ida Chong on behalf of Mary Polak, ...

Fall prevention with a little added touch of irony

The speaker was my long-time friend Pat Colvin from NE Florida AHEC and she gave a very interesting and informative presentation on fall prevention. Did you know that falls are the leading cause of injury and death for older adults? ...

Exercise Neuroscience Lab yields new insights into movement disorders

Knight has been studying motor-control mechanisms in the elderly for the past several years, and he has recently shifted his focus from healthy older adults to patients with movement disorders. ... Knight is particularly interested in quickness because it's closely tied to fall prevention. “There's lots of research on strength and fatigue,” he says. “But quickness can be overlooked.” Maria Bellumori, a graduate student in Knight's lab who recently defended her master's ...