Preventing accidents – How safe is your home?
Preventing accidents - Every year, around 2 million children attend A&E due to accidents. Over 76,000 of these require admission to hospital – that is...
Tag: falls
AI experts explore the ethical use of video technology to support patients at risk of falls
Video-enabled glasses have the potential to support Northumbria University patients at risk of falls by allowing medical staff to monitor how they move around their...
Falls and the Elderly
More than 500,000 people aged over 65 years of age attend accident and emergency departments every year as the result of accidents at home –...
First Aid Skills all Carers Should Know
First Aid Skills all Carers Should Know: These days, many of us have caring roles, both personally and professionally. There has been much talk in...
Falls: First aid for carers
Trips and Falls: Falls are a major cause of older people needing to be admitted to hospital. They can have a major impact on their...
Group training helped to prevent falls among older women
Providing better opportunities for exercise and group training reduced recurrent falls and fall injuries among older women, a new study from the University of Eastern...
Protecting the rights of older people to health and social care
Protecting the rights of older people to health and social care: The current health and social care crisis affects the whole of society but has...
Preventing accidents – How safe is your home?
Preventing accidents – How safe is your home? Accidental injury is one of the biggest single causes of death in the UK for children over...
Falls in care homes can be significantly reduced with intervention
The largest study of care homes in the UK, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that a co-ordinated approach to fall...
9 top tips to prevent falling and first aid advice if we fall
9 top tips to prevent falling and first aid advice if we fall: More than 500,000 people aged 65 years and over attend accident and emergency...
