EXETER, Penn. (September 18, 2017)—Pride Mobility will introduce its VivaLIFT! brand of power lift recliners in booth 1911 at Medtrade Fall 2017 in Atlanta, October 23–25.

VivaLIFT! is a new lifestyle collection of power lift recliners featuring a variety of innovative features and fashion-forward designs for broader consumer appeal, along with industry-leading provider pricing to support their retail business.

Innovative new products bring promising advances to fall prevention.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 26, 2017)—AARP Services, Inc. (ASI) and UnitedHealthcare announced the winners of the Fall Prevention Innovation Challenge. The Challenge, launched in February to identify new solutions for preventing falls among older adults, received more than 200 contributions from participants in more than 90 countries.

BOISE, Idaho (May 31, 2017)—Bestbath, a leading manufacturer of universal design and accessible code-compliant showers and tubs, has unveiled a new design for shower trench drains. The innovative design features several advantages over traditional trench drains; it is easier to install and clean, boasts an improved water containment rate, comes in a wide variety of sizes, and is constructed with a durable, magnetic grate backed by Bestbath’s 30-year product warranty.

Do you have what it takes to innovate a new method of fall prevention?

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 8, 2017)—AARP Services, Inc. (ASI) and UnitedHealthcare have launched a four-month innovation challenge to identify new solutions for preventing falls among older adults.

OpenIDEO, known for activating global communities, has been engaged to facilitate the challenge program. Participants are encouraged to develop breakthrough solutions in fall prevention, an underserved area of healthy aging.

Why over one-third of elderly nonfatal falls first occur in the bathroom—and what can be done.