Earlier this year, I wrote about the burden calls for falls place on our EMS system and an evidence-based fall prevention program being piloted at a local assisted living facility. My interest was ...

Falls are inevitable, but new research proves that with practice, you can lower your risk of fractures and head trauma. Playful moments like this trampoline session build strength, coordination, and ...

A local nonprofit is teaching seniors how to fall safely or not at all. Kate Tohm has a history of falling. In August, she tripped over an antique shoe shine kit that sits next to her bed. She fell ...

“I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” has been seared into many of our brains since at least the late ’80s, when the famous LifeCall commercial made its TV debut. Although it became the butt of many ...