Fall Prevention Innovation
Hip Protection
When Eskaton residents and care partners identified the hip as the part of the body most vulnerable to falls, Eskaton formed a partnership with start-up company, Tango, to develop and test a wearable hip protection device still early in its design phase. Now
Artificial Intelligence Fall Detection
Residents living with some form of cognitive change are four times more likely to fall, and are often unable to communicate why they fell, or whether their head made contact with the ground.
Community Fall Reduction
Eskaton and Dignity Health entered into a partnership and piloted a fall prevention program for nearly 100 community-dwelling older adults. The program included access to care coordination services, an in-home fall risk assessment,