Editorial Highlights Key Ways to Reduce Fall-Related Injuries

An estimated 50% to 75% of nursing home residents fall each year, and falls are the leading cause of injuries in older adults, studies show. Although nursing homes often focus on preventing falls, they need to find ways to lessen the severity of injury when falls do occur, said Richard G. Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, CMD, of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, and Cheryl Phillips, MD, of the SCAN Foundation in Long Beach, CA, in an editorial.