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2. 2 new bills want to change 'no lift' policies for residents ...

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   Companion bill 943 would create a pilot program to implement 100 electric lift devices into senior care facilities statewide. The pilot program costs $300,000 under the bill, including $100,000 to ...

3. Falls in older adults - Wikipedia

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   Fall history is the strongest risk factor associated with subsequent falls. [28] Older people who have experienced at least one fall in the last 6 months, or who believe that they may fall in the coming months, should be evaluated with the aim of reducing their risk of recurrent falls. [29]

4. Fall prevention - Wikipedia

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   Fall prevention includes any action taken to help reduce the number of accidental falls suffered by susceptible individuals, such as the elderly and people with neurological (Parkinson's, Multiple sclerosis, stroke survivors, Guillain-Barre, traumatic brain injury, incomplete spinal cord injury) or orthopedic (lower limb or spinal column fractures or arthritis, post-surgery, joint replacement ...

5. Rope rescue - Wikipedia

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   Belaying is the act of protecting the climber, rescue professional, or subject in the event of a fall. Various other devices used, including friction rappel (lowering) devices, which acts as a braking device on the rope. They are used for lowering a load, a subject or oneself (rappelling).

6. Medical alarm - Wikipedia

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   Active devices require the user to take some action to trigger an alarm condition; passive systems monitor the user and raise an alarm based on an algorithm - a fall, lack of activity, etc. A weakness of active devices is that the user must be conscious to trigger the alarm. Both passive and active devices require that the user wear the device.

7. Kathie Lee Gifford Makes Miraculous Recovery After Cracking ...

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   Kathie Lee Gifford is on the mend after a fall down the stairs in her Tennessee home left her with a fractured pelvis in two places — and she credits it all to the "hundreds of thousands of ...