The notion of getting older is often looked upon with ... tendons and ligaments that had been torn during the original fall. Studies show that, for the elderly, the odds of falling increases after a ...

A woman whose elderly mother was helped by binmen after a fall said their kindness has "restored my faith in human beings".

Too often, older adults face fragmented care, preventable hospital visits or the challenge of managing chronic diseases alone ...

Once a person falls, things usually go downhill; it’s one of the leading causes of people going to the emergency department,” said Lisa Williams, a physical therapist with Midland Health. Falls are ...

Today’s anti-fall technology has come a long way from the emergency alert systems of the late 1980s, when Mrs. Fletcher ...

To help you get started, our resident personal trainer, Sam Hopes, who trains clients of all ages, shared her five go-to ...