When you enter a nursing home as a resident, you will have an almost 50% chance of falling before your next birthday. And if a nursing home has 100 beds, it would be expected to have, on average, 170 ...

Across all intervention types, fall prevention approaches that include integration with the local setting, tailoring approaches to the needs and abilities of patients, and engaging patients and/or ...

Barbara Wadsworth, DNP, RN, executive vice president and COO of Radnor Township, Pa.-based Main Line Health, never set out to be an entrepreneur — but she recently made her mark in the space. On July ...

Radnor, Pa.-based Main Line Health’s COO has earned a patent for her invention designed to prevent hospital falls, ABC 6 reported Sept. 2. Barbara Wadsworth, DNP, RN, has been a nurse for nearly 40 ...

Record fall deaths among older Americans prompt calls for routine screening, safer exam rooms, and stable clinical seating in hospitals and clinics nationwide. TAMPA ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va (WAVY) – As you age, your risk of severe injury from falling increases. Sentara Norfolk General Hospital ...

TAMPA, FL, UNITED STATES, March 3, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Federal data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health ...