The Falls Patients Don’t Report Most fall screenings rely on a simple question:  “Have you fallen recently?” The challenge is that many older adults answer “no” even after receiving medical care for a fall-related injury. A large national study of more than 47,000 older adults found that 72% of seniors who received Medicare-covered treatment for…

The Near-Misses That Predict Falls Falls are often treated as the starting point. In reality, they are frequently preceded by events that don’t get reported. Clinically, a fall is defined as an unintended descent to the ground or a lower level. But in practice, patients don’t always describe it that way. What often goes unrecognized…