California closely monitors whether nursing home residents fall. Regulators track incidents, facilities report them and ...

Two newly released companion reports from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) discuss the prevalence of serious falls among Medicare-enrolled nursing ...

Falls occur frequently in hospitals as well as in nursing homes and senior care facilities and often go unnoticed for too long — sometimes with fatal consequences for those affected. In the future, ...

Today’s anti-fall technology has come a long way from ‘I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!’ Here’s how it works. By Joyce Cohen Kathy Doyle fell on the street in Manhattan several times over the years.

Increased CNA staff levels were linked to a reduction in injurious falls at nursing homes, while low-staffed facilities were associated with an increase in fall injury rates. Most nursing homes do not ...