Editor’s note: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2.8 million elderly people are treated annually in emergency rooms for falls, while more than 800,000 patients are hospitalized every year. And the incidence is likely to rise as 10,000 people in the U.S. turn 65 every day. Additionally, the National Council on Aging… Continue reading How Health-Care Practitioners Can Help Patients Avoid Falls
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New Method Forecasts Which Long-Term Care Patients Are at Risk of Fracture
A new way to predict the risk of falls in long-term care patients has been developed by researchers. The study on the assessment method, titled “Fracture Risk Assessment in Long-term Care (FRAiL)” was published Aug. 31 in the Journal of Gerontology Medical Science. The FRAiL model was developed by researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife’s Institute for… Continue reading New Method Forecasts Which Long-Term Care Patients Are at Risk of Fracture