Falls Prevention Awareness Day
Sept. 23 was National Falls Prevention and Awareness Day, according to a news release from the American Geriatrics Society. Studies show that a combination of interventions can significantly reduce falls in the older adult population. Click
here to learn more about what you can do to help prevent falls by reviewing the AGS/BGS Clinical Practice Guideline for Prevention of Falls in the Older Persons, published earlier this year in the
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS).