Handrails or grab bars are the most common modification made for seniors, closely followed by rugs to prevent tripping, according to a new analysis. Fewer are saying they are installing sensors. Home ...

Getting older comes with the challenge of adapting your home to your shifting needs — whether that be installing a chairlift or bathroom and bed rails that can assist in navigating rooms more ...

When the nurse entered the room, she was stunned. Before her lay the lifeless body of an elderly patient who had fallen out of bed. The woman’s head was lodged between the mattress and a bed rail, a ...

ON a recent visit to Blackburn to visit relatives I noticed that if inexpensive grab rails were placed on the door frame of shops with a high step at the entrance, elderly people would be able to ...