Long before the fall that breaks a hip, there are bruises nobody can explain and a daily routine that has quietly shifted. Steve Popovich talks about why people play down what has happened to them, what his father-in-law’s infection cost before anyone caught it, and...

Quick Answer A smart watch with fall detection senses a hard fall and calls for help without you pressing anything. What separates the options is not whether they detect falls. It is who answers. Consumer smartwatches dial emergency services or text your contacts. A...

Quick Answer Estimates of how many older adults fall each year range from about one in four to at least one in three, depending on the study. Most of those falls have a cause you can see. Someone trips, slips, or misses a step. But a meaningful share happen with no...