When the nurse entered the room, she was stunned. Before her lay the lifeless body of an elderly patient who had fallen out of bed. The woman’s head was lodged between the mattress and a bed rail, a ...

(CBS NEWS) — As U.S. regulators and legislators move to ban potentially deadly infant-sleep products, bed rails and bed handles that have killed hundreds of mostly elderly Americans remain on the ...

After 81-year-old Clara Marshall badly bruised herself in a tumble from her bed at a care facility in Vancouver, Wash., the staff urged her husband to buy a metal safety rail to protect her from ...

Nearly 500,000 bed rails sold nationwide are being recalled following two separate reports of deaths by asphyxiation for adult users trapped between their bed rails and mattresses. The recall involves ...

Australia, 11 November 2024-As people age, mobility challenges, balance issues, and health concerns become more common, increasing the need for supportive tools to promote safety and independence. Bed ...

Guard rails to keep the elderly from falling out of bed can instead become cages that may kill or injure, according to a report. From 1985 to 2013, the Food and Drug Administration received 901 ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is calling on consumers to "immediately stop using" certain Mobility Transfer Systems adult portable bed rails have been linked to three elderly ...

Adult portable bed rails — which are installed on the sides of beds to facilitate mobility and reduce the risk of falling — are advertised as safety devices for elderly people or those with medical ...

The Consumer Products Safety Commission is warning against the use of Mobility Transfer Systems adult portable bed rails, which are tied to the deaths of three people. Two of those deaths occurred in ...

An elderly cancer patient died when she fell out of a hospital bed after staff failed to raise one of her bedside safety rails, an inquest heard. Rita Phelps, 74, suffered a fatal head injury when she ...