Researchers have successfully improved the Electronic Frailty Index (eFI)—a tool that uses data to predict older patients' ...

GPs can more accurately identify older people’s frailty and intervene earlier as a result of NIHR-funded research led by the ...

As the World Health Organization Age-friendly Cities Framework reminds us, the lack of accessible public transport and community spaces isolates older people who are unable to drive, making it ...

It was found that the number of safety accidents in the daily life of the elderly and the elderly who spend a lot of time at ...

Objective—To assess the effectiveness of exercise programmes in preventing falls (and/or lowering the risk of falls and fall related injuries) in older people. Design—A review of controlled clinical ...

Falls among older people with dementia were tied to their care partners’ emotional, physical and economic well-being, but the ...

Each year millions of older patients fall, in fact, one of four older people fall each year but less than half tell their doctor. If you fall once, it doubles your chances of falling again.

Regular dog-walking at least four times a week has been found to reduce the risk of falls in older people – the most common cause of accidental death in over-60s. “We showed that people who ...

KOTA KINABALU: An elderly man died after falling into a ravine during a hike at the Taman Mawar hill in Sandakan district on Sunday (Aug 14) evening. The 70-year-old was believed to have gone ...