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Common Causes For Falls In Amputees

Common Causes For Falls In Amputees

Common Causes For Falls In Amputees As an amputee, you have an increased risk of falling, especially in the [...]
Risk Factors Of Sarcopenia For Falls In The Elderly

Risks Factors Of Sarcopenia For Falls In The Elderly

Did you know age-related muscle degeneration is a risk factor for falls in the elderly? Sarcopenia involves loss of [...]
Innovative Lifting Equipment Provides Support To Veterans

Innovative Lifting Equipment Provides Support To Veterans

Safe patient handling involves the use of assistive devices to ensure that veterans can be lifted safely and that [...]
Dignity in Moving and Handling

Dignity in Moving and Handling

The Collins dictionary defines dignity as “the sense that you have of your own importance and value, and other [...]
Post fall management for Veterans

Post Fall Management for Veterans

A fall is defined as an ‘event which results in a person coming to rest inadvertently on the ground [...]

Falls Prevention for People Living with Dementia

It is important to be aware that people living with Dementia conditions, such as Alzheimer’s, have a greater propensity [...]
Darren Swift

Veteran Talks About How PTs and OTs Helped Him Overcome His Circumstances

Darren Swift lost both his legs and sustained other injuries when he was blown up by a homemade grenade, [...]

Southfield Fire Department, Michigan

Southfield Fire Department serves the 175,000 citizens of Southfield and Lathrup Village, which includes a large elderly community.  The [...]
Virtual Reality Helps Lonely Resident

Virtual Reality Helps Lonely Long Term Care Residents

Unfortunately, many residents in senior living communities can experience long periods of time without a visit from a family [...]
Care Home’s 1940s Transformation Helps Dementia Patients

Care Home’s 1940s Transformation Helps Dementia Patients

Making the move to a new retirement home can be a nerve-wracking thing to do, especially if you’re living [...]
Dementia Residents And Their Diet

Dementia Residents And Their Diet

Currently, there are 5.7 million Americans living with dementia and if you’re a carer then you may be used [...]

Pressure Ulcers: What Are They And How Can You Prevent Them

What Is A Pressure Ulcer? Simply put, a pressure ulcer is localised damage that occurs to the skin and/or [...]
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