When you think of a visit to the emergency department, falls don’t often come top of mind. According to the Centers for ...

A milestone in the care of older people in counties Carlow and Kilkenny has been reached as Oriel House welcomed its first patients through their doors this week. In January of this year, the HSE’s ...

When Dr. Suman Reddivari gazes into the mouths of patients at Family Dentistry, he scans portraits of their eating, drinking and smoking habits, oral hygiene routines and overall health. He sees ...

Artificial intelligence sensors that can send an alert if a vulnerable person has fallen at home or missed a meal are to form ...

As people get older, their bodies process alcohol more slowly, and the effects of alcohol last longer and hit harder. Changes in body composition, like more body fat and less water, make alcohol stay ...

At UCSF Parnassus Campus, medical personnel go into work with a mission every day to prevent delirium - or hospital confusion ...

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

New Jersey health care professionals believe simple, cost-effective strategies could help older adults avoid unintentional falls.

Cataract extraction with intraocular lens insertion is associated with reduced odds of falls and major injuries in older ...

A new study by researchers at Peking University and the Chinese PLA General Hospital has found that multimorbidity-living with multiple chronic diseases-is closely associated with worsening fall ...