ST. PAUL -- To someone walking in late, dozens of people sitting in folding chairs may have looked like they were part of a mime class. It would have been pretty obvious to the latecomer that each was ...

The Great Neck Library is hosting Robin Eckman of Vital Occupational Therapy on Monday, July 22 at 2 p.m. to teach seniors in the community how to reduce the risk of falling and improve your ability ...

Falls are the leading cause of fatal injury among older adults – while this news is startling, the Department of Health wants folks to know that falls are preventable. “Although we are the lowest in ...

Starting March 17, OSU Extension will offer Stepping On, at College Hills Retirement Village. The class will meet 10 a.m. to ...

Sylvie De Rham Tortorelli, physical therapist, demonstrates fall prevention exercises with her former patient Jo Wagner on Friday, May 25, in Bellingham. Evan Abell evan.abell@bellinghamherald.com ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Wednesday is the first day of autumn and it coincides with National Falls Prevention Awareness Week. The goal behind the week is to educate people and reduce the number of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Falls happen, no matter your age. But the truth is, the higher your age, the more susceptible you are to falling. In fact, the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The USPSTF recommends exercise and multifactorial interventions such as education and nutrition therapy to ...

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Objective The effect of fall prevention exercise programmes in residential aged care (RAC) is uncertain. This paper reports on an intervention component analysis (ICA) of randomised controlled trials ...

As ice, snow, and freezing temperatures settle in, experts say the risk of serious falls climbs fast. And in Wisconsin, that ...