The National Center for Patient Safety offers a free, downloadable pocket card designed to help healthcare providers measure the risk of patient falls. Healthcare providers can use the Morse Fall ...

Inpatient clinical care teams generally use tools such as bed alarms, gait belts, closer nursing station placement and more to prevent patient falls. But those interventions can hinder clinical ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disorder that predominantly affects the joints, resulting in pain, stiffness and progressive disability. This multifactorial disease not only ...

Falls are a serious public health problem globally, particularly in acute care hospitals, where hospitalized patients are at high risk for falls and may experience adverse outcomes such as prolonged ...

Every second, someone somewhere in the United States takes a devastating fall, contributing to a massive $50 billion annual healthcare burden, a figure set to double by 2030 as the baby boomer ...

Patients with cataracts, AMD, and glaucoma have a higher risk of falls and fractures compared to controls. The study utilized data from over 18 million patients across more than 2200 primary care ...

Caution is needed in balancing the risk of falls and fractures with the need to lower blood pressure for elderly patients living in long-term care facilities, data from the Veterans Health ...

Sight-limiting eye disease can impact balance, posture, and gait even before patients become aware of visual impairments. Cataract, AMD, and glaucoma are each associated with increased risk for falls ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Significantly more patients from the injurious fall group had all but one of the studied prescription classes ...

A literature review identified CIPN as a potential contributor to falls and injuries in patients with cancer; however, evidence-based methods for preventing falls in these patients are scarce. Earlier ...