After the deadly Gabriel House fire in Fall River, new state regulations and local safeguards for assisted living aim to prevent future tragedies.

A Connecticut city has joined hundreds of others around the country that have installed new firehouse alarm systems that aim to reduce firefighters' stress when calls come in.

When Swiss cybersecurity officer Sandro Cilurzo set out to solve recurring fall incidents, he built Paul, an AI radar device now helping Arizona senior communities reduce falls by up to 72%. Here's ...

Don't wait for a fall to take action. Learn why stumbling on uneven ground or dodging overgrown brush are critical warnings for workplace safety.

Why do falling cats always seem to land on their feet? Scientists have been arguing about the precise mechanism for a very long time—since at least 1700, in fact—conducting all manner of experiments ...

A new study has found that nursing homes with higher staffing levels report fewer injurious falls among long-stay residents.

Too often organizations start with PPE instead of eliminating hazards at the source. Applying the Hierarchy of Controls in the correct order is key to sustainable risk reduction and safer workplaces.

In postacute care, we have built a quality architecture that treats falls as actionable events and functional decline as expected aging. The resulting safety-without-recovery trade-off is not a ...