Ways to Prevent Resident Falls Using Innovation and Technology

In today’s podcast, we’ll discuss fall prevention. Our guests are Gloria Bachmann, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Medicine, Associate Dean for Women’s Health, and Director of the Women’s Health Institute at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; and Jacklyn Joki, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, who also works for the JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute. They recently published a study, along with Dr. Sara Cuccurullo and Kavisha Khanuja, titled “Gait and balance in the aging population: Fall prevention using innovation and technology.” The study is featured in a Maturitas special issue of Modern Medicine for Healthy Aging.