One in three people 65-years-old and older fall each year, and more than 300,000 hip fractures occur each year, mostly caused by falls, according to the Centers for Disease Control. What's more: one ...

One of the most severe dangers for the elderly is falls. One unwanted fall may cause broken bones, a prolonged healing process, or even loss of independence. What is even more alarming is that a large ...

This morning Vayyar Imaging, a company best known for its 3D sensor imaging technology, launched a new product called Walabot Home that can detect if a person has fallen and automatically call for ...

Life Assure is a renowned Canadian medical alert provider, offering emergency response technology and services. Citizens hold ...

Deb Hipp is a freelance health and medical writer and editor who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a former investigative reporter with more than 25 years of experience as a journalist and writer ...

Fall detection and autonomy for the elderly is front-and-center at CES in Las Vegas this year. Cherish Health introduced the $300 Serenity appliance that uses radar to cover a whole house with fall ...

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has launched a new standards project aimed at providing an industry framework for identifying use cases and performance expectations for fall detection ...

HYDERABAD: For many elderly patients, the real danger is not the fall itself, but the delay in someone realising it has happened. Researchers at the International Institute of Information Technology, ...