For people already experiencing balance challenges, everyday support and stable seating can also play an important role ...

Every winter, no matter what the industry is or how the work conditions are, slips, trips and falls consistently remains the top cause of workplace injuries and accidents. These are injuries and ...

Over the past decade, businesses and regulators have focused more on preventing fatal workplace falls. Unfortunately, falls continue to occur at an alarming rate. Falls are one of the leading causes ...

Fall prevention is one area of occupational safety and health that can be varied and complicated but has many options for protecting workers (fall protection). In May 2022, Federal OSHA and several ...

Falls represent a major cause of injury and loss of independence in older adults. Recent advances in balance training have focussed on perturbation‐based methods that challenge the neuromuscular ...

Patient safety is a top priority in healthcare, and one of the biggest challenges hospitals face is preventing falls. These accidents can lead to longer hospital stays and even serious injury.1 While ...

Falls are a serious issue among Hong Kong's elderly. Approximately one in five community-dwelling elderly aged 65 or above ...

Three representatives from the Albany Fire Department and Good Samaritan Home Health are back in Albany after receiving a scholarship to attend a national conference on preventing fires and falls.