Among older adults who fall, more than half receive care in a hospital — with the estimated annual average cost per inpatient visit for falls injuries totalling $18,658, and $1,112 for ...

Objective To examine the associations of accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time with all-cause mortality in older Japanese adults. Methods A total of 1723 independent Japanese ...

An expert answers questions about physical therapy for psoriatic arthritis, from what to look for in a provider to what to expect during a session.

Series A reports that a novel combination of brain stimulation and personalized coaching significantly increased physical activity in older adults and held steady for months.

Introduction Cognitive frailty (CF) is a clinical manifestation characterised by the simultaneous presence of both physical frailty and cognitive impairment among older adults without dementia and has ...

Objectives Physical activity is important for health, but the influence of structured, supervised aerobic exercise sessions on habitual physical activity in healthy older adults is unclear.Methods We ...

The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2019, declared as a major public health emergency, profoundly affected the mental health of older adults. Several studies have provided reasonable ...

When a person starts to lose their balance on a slippery surface, the natural reaction is to raise the arms to restore ...

In 2022, the Administration for Community Living provided more than 261 million meals to older adults, assistance such as respite care to more than 1.5 million family caregivers, and independent ...

Millions of older adults in the United States manage basic health and functioning needs each day with the help of family (broadly defined) caregivers.

Most of the counties with an older population were located outside of the metro or micro areas, the release states.

Physical restraints, such as bedrails, belts in chairs or beds, and fixed tables, are commonly used for older people in general hospital settings. Reasons given for using physical restraints are to ...