Nursing home residents who used standard wheelchairs experienced fewer fall-related fractures than those who used multifunctional wheelchairs, according to an October study published in JMA Journal.

Properly matching wheelchairs to the physical capabilities of residents requiring long-term care is critical for maintaining safety and mobility.

An 89-year-old woman living at a senior housing facility in Brooklyn was bludgeoned to death with a wheelchair part by a fellow resident who has dementia, sources with knowledge of the probe say. The ...

A 95-year-old woman was arrested in New York after allegedly bludgeoning her 89-year-old nursing home roommate to death with a wheelchair pedal. Galina Smirnova, 95, is charged with murder and ...

MANCHESTER - Larry Lindstrom spent a career helping people with disabilities learn how to get around. Now he can’t go anywhere. The 69-year-old former instructor with Rutgers University’s NJ Travel ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (KRIS) — On December 18th, the Corpus Christi Police Department responded to a welfare call regarding an elderly man in a wheelchair stuck on some grass on the 3300 block of ...