News tagged with home safety

Exercise reduces falls in older people

Exercise programmes are an effective option for preventing falls among older people living in the community. There is less evidence at present for the effectiveness of other interventions, such as home safety improvements ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Less than one-third of children ages 5-15 will wake up to home smoke alarms

An Australian study to determine the likelihood of school-aged children waking up to their home smoke alarm found that 78% of children slept through a smoke alarm sounding for 30 seconds. The outcomes of the study are published ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3