Cognitive decline may increase an older person's risk for a fall, while the trauma that follows a fall may also speed up ...

The U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday said it was in conversation with Rwandan health officials amid ...

In a retrospective study of Medicare claims data, researchers found dementia was more frequently diagnosed within one year of ...

Legislation that could assist a rapidly growing number of South African families deal with relatives living with dementia who ...

Researchers at Brighman and Women's Hospital in Boston found that older adults who sustained a fall were 20 percent more ...

More than 14 million seniors a year take a tumble, and those falls can be life-changing. "The relationship betwe ...

Thirty-four new laws take effect Tuesday, Oct. 1, with increased penalties for a range of activities including sleeping in ...

The number of people dying after a fall has quadrupled in the last 20 years, latest figures from statistics agency CBS have ...

Hi, it’s Eru in Tokyo. Catering to the elderly might be a solution for some declining businesses in Japan — including those ...

A Northern Ireland woman is using her collection of rescue animals to bring comfort and friendship to elderly residents in ...

A statewide silver alert is in place throughout New Hampshire for a missing elderly woman whom authorities believe is ...