December 14, 2022
As a healthcare provider, you can use CDC’s STEADI initiative to help reduce fall risk among your older patients. Learn more about STEADI and discover resources to help you integrate fall prevention...
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Muscle health is of upmost importance to maintain many organ systems, and therewith to our ageing process. The lecture will highlight the pathophysiology of muscle health decline and its consequences ...
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‘It takes a child one year to acquire independent movement and ten years to acquire independent mobility. An old person can lose both in a day’ – Professor Bernard Isaacs (1924–1995) This ...
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The issue of patient deconditioning has never been more important. Accident and emergency (A&E) teams, for example, have reported increases in unplanned admissions of patients with more complex ne...
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The National Council on Aging (in the US) has created an interdisciplinary toolkit for #NFPAW2022. This year’s Falls Prevention Awareness Week theme: ‘Strengthening Community Connections i...
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Empowering Healtcare Providers to Reduce Fall Risks. As a healthcare provider, you can use CDC’s STEADI initiative to help reduce fall risk among your older patients. Learn more about STEADI and dis...
Read moreMay 27, 2022
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Read moreDecember 6, 2021
Exercise interventions, particularly those targeting strength and balance, are effective in preventing falls in older people. Activity levels are generally below recommended levels and reduce with age...
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