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Can treadmill help seniors avoid falls?
Clive Pai in front of walkway for training seniors not to fall. Click on image to download. Photo credit: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin/UIC Photo Services. Clive Pai believes people can be trained not to fall....
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Prevent injuries by teaching people to fall, or not to fall
“We have never learned how to fall,” says UIC researcher Clive Pai. Also working in the lab are (L-R) Crystal Xuan Liu, Emma Yiru Wang and Anna Lee. Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin/UIC Photo Services...
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Playing catch can improve balance, prevent falls in older adults
Alexander Aruin, UIC professor of physical therapy. Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin/UIC Photo Services. Click on image for larger file. The simple training exercise of catching a weighted medicine ball...
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Health benefits of playing catch: fewer falls for older adults
Virginia Rasmus (left) throws a ball to graduate student Sailee Jagdhane as part of a study led by UIC researcher Alexander Aruin (center) on preventing falls. Photo: Charlie Ma You’re never too old...
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Have a good trip, see you next fall: training adults to prevent injury
Clive Pai: “The very first time I saw the reproduction of a fall was fascinating. That’s what’s really kept me going: curiosity.” Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin/UIC Photo Services The Researcher of the...
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Helping older adults, prosthetic wearers find balance
Noah Rosenblatt’s research helps prevent falls. “We teach people how to catch themselves once they start falling,” says Rosenblatt, visiting clinical assistant professor of kinesiology and nutrition. —...
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Raising retirement age widens benefit disparities for disadvantaged
The age to receive full Social Security benefits should be closer to 70, according to a report published in the journal Daedalus. “We’re living longer and healthier than ever before, but the statutory...
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Exercise program fights arthritis, keeps older adults on the move
Fit & Strong!, developed in the UIC Center for Research on Health and Aging, is offered in 11 senior centers in Chicago, plus locations in Cook and nearby counties and in six other states. Fit...
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$2.5 million federal grant will improve care of older adults
University of Illinois at Chicago faculty nurses, physicians, dentists, pharmacists, occupational and physical therapists and social workers will collaborate to develop a web-based training program for...
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Seniors who live with their abusers often suffer recurrent abuse
Older adults who have been hospitalized for injuries from an assault are more likely to experience subsequent physical abuse if they are female, widowed, diagnosed with dementia, or return home to live...
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For-profit nursing home residents more likely to be diagnosed with neglect...
Residents receiving care in for-profit nursing homes are almost twice as likely to experience health issues caused by substandard care compared with clients living in not-for-profit facilities or in...
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