Nursing home residents at heightened risk of falling in the days following
Friday, July 15, 2011 - 16:30
in Health & Medicine
Nursing home residents taking certain antidepressant medications are at an increased risk of falling in the days following the start of a new prescription or a dose increase of their current drug, according to a new study by the Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew SeniorLife, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School.