Every year, falls among older Americans result in about 3.6 million ER visits and 1.2 million hospital stays, costing roughly $80 billion.
You are here
Related News Articles
07/31/2009
Canadian study reveals attitude disconnects about money between parents and adult children.
07/30/2009
Intel CEO advocates for telehealth in health reform initiatives.
07/27/2009
Too bad Tampa Bay Hospital didn't mention any tech support -- like e-mail, social networks, conference calls of support groups.
07/23/2009
Will provisions in stimulus and health bill will eliminate medical care options for seniors?
07/23/2009
Suggestions for tactics from afar, including geriatric care management.
07/23/2009
Cal State Northridge studies impact of Nintendo's Brain Age.
07/19/2009
Doctors even making the occasional online house call as part of a national pilot program.
07/18/2009
It's use it or lose it. Learn a language. Pick up knitting, cross stitch or quilting...
07/17/2009
AAA and Posit Science launch brain training tool to improve driving skills of older drivers.
07/14/2009
Medicare beneficiaries are using the Internet to help manage their health, according to a Kaiser Permanente survey.
07/09/2009
Intentional communities in Boston suburbs enable aging in place.
07/09/2009
Senior care services tops the list, but what about a business that incorporates four of the five...
07/06/2009
Reverse 911 (calling the people from the police) for tracking wanderer.
07/01/2009
Study: Funded by federal stimulus package.
06/30/2009
Not really, but this misleading WSJ article tries to imply that they are.
06/24/2009
Stimulus money can help 1 million low-income seniors, but who will retrofit the remaining homes?
06/23/2009
Woman moves in with her daughter at age 103.
06/22/2009
Study: each point decrease in a five-point scale measuring frequency of social activity was associated with about 33 per cent faster rate of decline in motor function.