McKnight’s Senior Living January 17, 2024
Aaron Dorman

In senior care and living settings, a lot of fall prevention data and technology is controlled by caregivers or curated by software systems.

However, at least one new intervention tries to empower seniors more directly with the ability to forestall a falling emergency.

A new smartphone app helps seniors control their balance by monitoring a users’ body sway while they are standing still. The app, which also includes fall prevention exercises, is intended to help seniors adjust body coordination to prevent falls from occurring, the researchers said.

One out of four seniors in the US are likely to fall at some point each year, the researchers note. Even as new tech aims to reduce falls or subsequent fatalities,...

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